Carthaginians are still commonly credited as the ones who salted Roman

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Carthaginians are still commonly credited  as the ones who salted  Roman fields during the Punic Wars despite the existence of credible evidence to the contrary.

(A) as the ones who salted

(B) as the salters of

(C) for salting

(D) with having salted

(E) with the salting of

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chanhthang1802 · Answer

I think option  (D)  is correct
 (D)  "credited with" is idiomatic
"having salted" is good, I guess

ChandlerBong · Answer

Hi Chanh,

Can you please share why did you eliminate E?

szcz · Answer

I think option E changes the meaning ever so slightly. It seems to imply as though "the Carthigans were given the salting of the fields", which obviously makes no sense.

Vibhatu · Answer

Why not option C? can anyone please explain? Thanks in advance!

szcz · Answer

Usually credit with is used when we credit a person or a group of people with certain actions. So that makes credit with correct in this context.
Further credit for is usually used when credit acts as a noun. In this case credit acts as a verb. Hope this helps.

Bunuel · Answer

KAPLAN OFFICIAL EXPLANATION:

The correct idiom is credited with so you can eliminate (A), (B), and (C). Next, with the salting of in (E) is more passive than with having salted, so (D) is the better choice.

An 800 test taker suspects that, whenever the answer choices provide a verb followed by different prepositions, idioms are being tested. She tries to determine which preposition is appropriate by focusing on the idiom.

Carthaginians are still commonly credited as the ones who salted Roman

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