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Ancient tradition credited the Athenian Thespis as having invented Athenian tragedy in 535 B.C. when he stepped out from the Dionysian chorus and sang a solo in character.
(A) as having invented
(B) with having invented
(C) with the inventing of
(D) to have invented
(E) to be the inventor for
dushyanta
Why 'Credited to' wont work in this question?
dushyanta , when
credit as a verb followed by another verb (an action),
credit takes
with.Correct: She is credited with
saving the company.
Correct: If the whistleblower is treated as the law requires, he will be credited with
having restored at least some degree of force to the rule of law.
Credit as a verb takes
to only if a noun (and not an action) follows the verb
credit:
Correct: The song was credited to the wrong composer.
Correct: The refund will be credited to your account.
In options D and E,
credited is followed by two different verbs:
to have invented and
to be the inventor for.
I doubt that
credited to be is ever correct, but in any case,
to be is a verb and thus cannot be paired with the
verb credit.
Credited to have invented is also wrong because
to have invented is a verb phrase.
Credit with followed by action/verb is correct.To give credit to someone for something is common and idiomatic, but in that case,
credit is a noun.
See earlier posts in the thread; they address noun usage.