Music

[Gruesomeguy]

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
Official Answer:

SPOILER: B

[DWarrior]

Obviously you want to get rid of passive voice, but I'm not sure why B is more correct than D or E

[rawjosh]

Official Answer is incorrect for this question. The correct answer is D. Search for this question and you should be able to get the thread that lists the correct answer.

[anilmanu]

Whats the difference between
"What" and "Whatever"
Does "what" refer to a single missing item
"whatever" refers to more than one missing item?

[muks]

its not abt "what" and "whatever". The correct idiom is "made up for".
So, the correct ans is D.

[Gruesomeguy]

According to 800bob, Official Answer is wrong
http://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sent...-wahtever.html (What/Wahtever)

[kaushikt]

D it is..