Any difference between "be credited to" and "be credited with"

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gloria0402@gmail.com - 12 Jan 2009 05:58 GMT

Dear all,

I checked the dictionary, and found no difference between these two.
Or with the different preposition, the idiom means the same thing. I
wonder if my assumption is correct. Or you use different preposition
with "be credited" in different situation. Thanks for you help. With
best regards,

Gloria

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Barbara Bailey - 12 Jan 2009 06:40 GMT

gloria0402@gmail.com wrote in news:b73ed5bf-72f2-4e7a-8029-
2131508671bf@v18g2000pro.googlegroups.com:

> Dear all,
>
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> with "be credited" in different situation. Thanks for you help. With
> best regards,

Something is credited to me. I am credited with something. Both mean that I
received the credit for something.

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John Varela - 12 Jan 2009 22:39 GMT

> gloria0402@gmail.com wrote in news:b73ed5bf-72f2-4e7a-8029-
> 2131508671bf@v18g2000pro.googlegroups.com:
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> Something is credited to me. I am credited with something. Both mean that I
> received the credit for something.

"A refund has been credited to your account." You would not use
"with" in that sentence.

"Dr. Fleming is credited with the discovery of penicillin." You
would not use "to" in that sentence.

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Barbara Bailey - 12 Jan 2009 23:31 GMT

>> gloria0402@gmail.com wrote in news:b73ed5bf-72f2-4e7a-8029-
>> 2131508671bf@v18g2000pro.googlegroups.com:
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> "Dr. Fleming is credited with the discovery of penicillin." You
> would not use "to" in that sentence.

If "credited to" is used, the person or thing receiving the credit is the
object; if "credited with" is used, the person or thing receiving the
credit is the subject.

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Odysseus - 13 Jan 2009 02:28 GMT

> > gloria0402@gmail.com wrote in news:b73ed5bf-72f2-4e7a-8029-
> > 2131508671bf@v18g2000pro.googlegroups.com:

["be credited to" _vs_ "be credited with"]

> > Something is credited to me. I am credited with something. Both mean that I
> > received the credit for something.
>
> "A refund has been credited to your account." You would not use
> "with" in that sentence.

However, as Barbara's comment implies, it could be paraphrased as "Your
account has been credited with a refund." This works the same in the
active voice: "We have credited your account with a refund," but in the
converse order "We have credited to your account a refund," or perhaps
"To your account we have credited a refund."

> "Dr. Fleming is credited with the discovery of penicillin." You
> would not use "to" in that sentence.

Similarly, "The discovery of penicillin is credited to Dr. Fleming."

There's not necessarily an improvement in either case, but the point is
that the preposition (or compound verb, if you prefer) and the order of
the direct & indirect objects are interdependent: the choice of one
determines the other.

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Any difference between "be credited to" and "be credited with"