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by geet » Thu Jul 09, 2009 7:53 pm
Baker was perhaps not the most gifted soloist in the orchestra, but the conductor felt what was lacking in his technical skill was more than made up by the passion with which he played the music.

(A) what was lacking in his technical skill was more than made up by

(B) what he lacked in technical skill was more than made up by

(C) whatever was lacking in his technical skill was more than made up by

(D) whatever he lacked in technical skill was more than made up for by

(E) whatever he lacked in technical skill he more than made up by

do explain the logic,, oA l8r :D
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by mooreliberty » Thu Jul 09, 2009 8:27 pm
geet wrote:Baker was perhaps not the most gifted soloist in the orchestra, but the conductor felt what was lacking in his technical skill was more than made up by the passion with which he played the music.

(A) what was lacking in his technical skill was more than made up by

(B) what he lacked in technical skill was more than made up by

(C) whatever was lacking in his technical skill was more than made up by

(D) whatever he lacked in technical skill was more than made up for by

(E) whatever he lacked in technical skill he more than made up by

do explain the logic,, oA l8r :D

IMO - D is the best choice. It is the only answer choice that uses the word "for," i.e. "made up for."
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Re: baker bake's

by madhur_ahuja » Thu Jul 09, 2009 9:21 pm
geet wrote:Baker was perhaps not the most gifted soloist in the orchestra, but the conductor felt what was lacking in his technical skill was more than made up by the passion with which he played the music.

(A) what was lacking in his technical skill was more than made up by

(B) what he lacked in technical skill was more than made up by

(C) whatever was lacking in his technical skill was more than made up by

(D) whatever he lacked in technical skill was more than made up for by

(E) whatever he lacked in technical skill he more than made up by

do explain the logic,, oA l8r :D
We need to choose what when we know the specific skill he was missing.

Since we do not know the specific skill, whatever is best.

Out of C,D and E

made up for by is the correct idiom. Hence D
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