OG (10th ed) - SC - #226

[mridul12]

Pablo Picaso, the late Spanish painter, credited African Art with having had a strong influence on his work.

A) with having had

B) for its having

C) to have had

D) for having

E) in that it had

[givemeanid]

The idiom is credit X with Y.
Only A has the correct idiom. I would go with A. What is OA?

[StaceyKoprince]

Yep, that's it! Because "credited African Art" is not underlined, we are required to accept it as correct - so we have to continue the idiom "credited X with Y" correctly.

Please don't forget to post the full source - this is OG10.