I saw this sentence on a grammar test but I don't understand why we cannot use the word "congratulated". I checked and saw "congratulated" also uses the same structure ( congratulate somebody for doing something) but according to the book the answer is "praised".
Everybody ___ her for saving the old man from drowning.
From the discussion in the comments:
For me congratulate something you get after a long term phase effort..and there may be another phase in the future. For example, being admitted to Yale. But maybe at the end of a relatively smaller effort you can be praised. You can also be praised because of your manner. So maybe the guy who was saved is the one who should be congratulated, but on the other hand you can be congratulated when you won something like a contest.
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