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17 Jul 2016, 07:19
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Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American on the Supreme Court, is credited with having had an important role in beginning the de facto desegregation of America's schools by successfully litigating the landmark case Brown vs. Board of Education.
A. with having had
B. for its having
C. to have had
D. for having
E. in that it had
A. with having had
B. for its having
C. to have had
D. for having
E. in that it had
IMO the explanation could be the following:
CREDIT FOR is correct when "credit" is not the verb, as in He got credit for my hard work or She received credit for her years of service.
Credited for : when credit is not a verb but a noun.
For example: she received credit for her good work.
In the question, credited is used as a verb so we can't use 'credit for' here.
Credited to is used when Credit is used as a verb: 'Credit X to Y'. Eg: The bank credited $1 billion to your account.
Credited with is used when Credit is used as verb: 'Credited Someone with something'. Eg: Your account has been credited with $1 billion.
In the above question, credit(ed) is used as a verb, the idiom in English is to credit something with having had some effect. Thus only choice A is idiomatic. Both/or (in B and D) and to (in C) can be used idiomatically when credit is a noun, as in "Thurgood Marshall gave credit to US art for having had a strong influence on his work." The verb form having had is used appropriately in choice A to indicate action that occurred prior to action expressed in the simple past tense--that is, to indicate that US art had influenced Thurgood Marshall before he credited it with having done so.
Hence, the answer would be A.
CREDIT FOR is correct when "credit" is not the verb, as in He got credit for my hard work or She received credit for her years of service.
Credited for : when credit is not a verb but a noun.
For example: she received credit for her good work.
In the question, credited is used as a verb so we can't use 'credit for' here.
Credited to is used when Credit is used as a verb: 'Credit X to Y'. Eg: The bank credited $1 billion to your account.
Credited with is used when Credit is used as verb: 'Credited Someone with something'. Eg: Your account has been credited with $1 billion.
In the above question, credit(ed) is used as a verb, the idiom in English is to credit something with having had some effect. Thus only choice A is idiomatic. Both/or (in B and D) and to (in C) can be used idiomatically when credit is a noun, as in "Thurgood Marshall gave credit to US art for having had a strong influence on his work." The verb form having had is used appropriately in choice A to indicate action that occurred prior to action expressed in the simple past tense--that is, to indicate that US art had influenced Thurgood Marshall before he credited it with having done so.
Hence, the answer would be A.
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