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Mr. Tom Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

Use of credit

Hi

Is the use of credit natural here?

I credited wisdom to her actions. (thought her actions were wise/attributed wisdom to her actions, etc)

I credit him with lots of common sense/I credit a lot of common sense to him.

Thanks,

Tom 
  

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Mr. Tom I credited wisdom to her actions. This doesn't sound natural to me.

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Mr. Tom I credited wisdom to her actions.
This doesn't sound natural to me.
Mr. Tom I credit him with lots of common sense.
That's fine.
Mr. Tom I credit a lot of common sense to him.
This doesn't sound natural to me.

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Yes, 'credit someone with something' seems to be the only generally accepted structure.
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