Practice GMAT Sentence Correction Question

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During the worst years of the Great Depression, America faced tremendous challenges as unemployment topped 25%. Many historians credit the New Deal and the World War II industrial complex for propelling America out of the depression and into a then-unparalleled time of economic prosperity.

A)	for propelling
B)	with having propelled
C)	as propelling
D)	to propelling
E)	with propelling

Correct Answer: E

The current sentence uses the incorrect idiom to credit x ... for y. The correct idiom is to credit x ... with y

to credit x ... for y is not the correct idiom
having propelled is not the proper verb tense and should be replaced with propelling
to credit x ... as y is not the correct idiom
to credit x ... to y is not the correct idiom
to credit x ... with y is the correct idiom; propelling instead of having propelled is also correct

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