Responsibiltes........

[vivek.kapoor83]

More adeptly handling responsibilities than his
predecessors were, the new owner of the
property rapidly increased the production rate of
the land.
(A) More adeptly handling responsibilities
than his predecessors were
(B) Being that he was more adept at handling
responsibilities than were his predecessors
(C) Handling more adeptly responsibilities
than are his predecessors
(D) More adept than his predecessors at
handling responsibilities
(E) Since he handled responsibilities in a
manner more adeptly than had his
predecessors

[gmat009]

Initially confused between A and D but A looks better than D
IMO A. What's OA

[vivek.kapoor83]

Pls explain with proper reasoning.. OA is not A...Why u choose D, not B,C<E ...Pls explain with reasoning,

[rohangupta83]

imo D

A - adeplty handling does not sound correct
B - ignore sentences starting with 'Being' or usually which even have 'being'
C - awkward construction
D - is crystal clear. More adept than his predecessors... who was more adept? The owner
E - more 'adept' not adeplty.

[vivek.kapoor83]

Rohan
could u pls explain..any gramatical error in A..

[rohangupta83]

sorry vivek. I don't know the exact grammar reason why A is incorrect. All I know is that if it were 'More adept at handling' rather than 'More adeptly handling' then A would've been correct.

I see what you are saying though - adeptly is an adverb modifying a verb so it should work but here I just think the usage of adeptly is inappropriate.

[vittalgmat]

Pls explain with proper reasoning.. OA is not A...Why u choose D, not B,C<E ...Pls explain with reasoning,

Vivek,
IMO D

A: "more adeptly handling.." is very awkward.

Also D uses the idiom "adept.. at"

HT Helps
-V

[schumi_gmat]

Vivek,

In A, the phrase, More adeptly handling responsibilities than his
predecessors were is comparing the handling responsibilities rather than comparing the owner and his predecessor.

I think this is the error with A