Nina Simone, whose distinctive technique is credited as to her early

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Nina Simone,  whose distinctive technique is credited as to her early classical training, is known to be famous for  her renditions of blues, jazz, and folk compositions as well as for her impassioned civil rights activism.

A. whose distinctive technique is credited as to her early classical training, is known to be famous for

B. whose distinctive technique is credited to her early classical training, is known for

C. who had a distinctive technique that is credited with her early classical training, is known for

D. credited with a distinctive technique due to her early classical training, is known for

E. who is credited to her early classical training on account of her technique, is famously known as

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prachisaraf · Answer

Official explanation please ? Isn't credited with a correct idiom ? Although I feel 'with' changes the meaning here.

SidhantGupta04 · Answer

Removing the information between commas - "Nina Simone is known for" is the correct sentence so A and E is eliminated.

"credited to" is used when we associate success to a source and "credited with" is used when we mention what someone has achieved so B is the answer

chaitanyapatil · Answer

Nina Simone, whose distinctive technique is credited  as  to her early classical training,  is known to be famous for  her renditions of blues, jazz, and folk compositions as well as for her impassioned civil rights activism.

A. whose distinctive technique is credited as to her early classical training, is known to be famous for
B. whose distinctive technique is credited to her early classical training, is known for
C. who had a distinctive technique that is credited with her early classical training, is known for
D.  credited with  a distinctive technique due to her early classical training, is known for
E. who is credited to her early classical training on account of her technique,  is famously known as

A is out  as it erroneously uses ''credited as to'' and ''is known to be famous for''
 C is out  as it says technique is credited with her earlier training 
 D makes the same mistake  and distorts the meaning by saying that the subject is credited with some technique due to her training 
E is erroneous and has meaning issues.

B is the correct choice .

Bunuel · Answer

KAPLAN OFFICIAL EXPLANATION

(B)

Step 1: Read the Original Sentence Carefully, Looking for Errors

The underlined portion of the sentence includes an unidiomatic phrase, “credited as to.” When a quality of a person is being attributed to a source, the correct form is credited to. Here’s another example: He credited his high GMAT score to his diligent study habits. The original sentence also includes the redundant “known to be famous for.” Someone can be known for or famous for something, but not both.

Step 2: Scan and Group the Answer Choices

Three choices, (B), (C) and (D), use “known for” at the end, while (A) and (E) use different constructions.

Step 3: Eliminate Choices Until Only One Remains

(A) can be eliminated for the errors found in step 1. (E) uses “known as,” which eliminates the redundancy but introduces an illogical comparison, comparing Simone to her “renditions” of music; it can be eliminated as well. The remaining three choices all correctly use “known for,” so check them for other errors. The first part of (C) is wordier than the original, and “credited with” gives credit for her classical training to her technique, when the relationship is the other way around. (D) rearranges the words to say that Simone is given credit for a distinctive technique because she received classical training; this distorts the original’s meaning. (B) uses the correct “credited to” and the succinct “known for.” This choice is correct, which can be confirmed by reading it back into the sentence:

Nina Simone,  whose distinctive technique is credited to her early classical training, is known for  her renditions of blues, jazz, and folk compositions as well as for her impassioned civil rights activism.

Nina Simone, whose distinctive technique is credited as to her early

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