More completely adapted for life in the trees than are the

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More completely adapted for life in the trees than are the other anthropoids,  gibbons move with tremendous facility and ease.

(A) More completely adapted for life in the trees than are the other anthropoids, 
(B) Adapted more completely for tree life than any of the anthropoids, 
(C) Being adapted more completely to tree life than any of the other anthropoids are, 
(D) Adapting more completely to life in the trees than the adaptation of the other anthropoids, 
(E) Having a more complete adaptation to life in the trees than that possessed by the other anthropoids,

unplugged · Answer

I'll go with E.

A,B are wrong because 'adapted for' is incorrect idiom. D is a bit awkward and wordy because of 'adapting'. Between C and E, I'll go with E, even though it sounds a bit wordy because C changes the meaning slightly

Cheers,
Unplugged

rampuria · Answer

IMO A

B- compares tree life to anthropoids.
C- Use of being not required
D - Adapting is a verb
E - Can adaptation be possessed?

ritula · Answer

Here is a gud discussion on this one: https://www.urch.com/forums/gmat-sentenc ... poids.html

scthakur · Answer

OA is A.

I picked E and was not sure how it is wrong. Thanks rampuria for clarification.

icandy · Answer

If B is wrong because it compares tree life to AP, So does A.

Adapted more completely sounds better than More completely adapted.

The test magic discussion points out a good point. But it is probably wrong

Adapt to a condition/environment is correct

Adapt for some one is correct.

Here, Adaptation is to a condition, So how is adaption for correct?

Adapted to is used for acquired things? adapted for used for natural abilities that came by birth??

Why is B incorrect?

scthakur · Answer

In B "completely for tree life" conveys the meaning as if adaptation is also there for some other life, but more for tree life.

x2suresh · Answer

More completely adapted for life in the trees than are the other anthropoids, gibbons move with tremendous facility and ease.

This is what I understood.

Gibbons   "adapted for life in the trees"  more completely than  other anthrapoids  <are> (adapted for life in the trees)

Mourinho2nd · Answer

Can anyone tell me why in C, "being" is wrong?

abhimahna · Answer

More completely adapted for life in the trees than are the other anthropoids, gibbons move with tremendous facility and ease. 
 (A) More completely adapted for life in the trees than are the other anthropoids,  
(B) Adapted more completely for tree life than  any of the anthropoids ,  --> Life compared with animals. INCORRECT 
(C) Being adapted more completely to  tree life  than any of the other anthropoids are,  --> Life in the tree vs Tree Life. Former is preferred. INCORRECT 
(D)  Adapting  more completely to life in the trees than  the adaptation  of the other anthropoids,  --> Broken ||ism INCORRECT 
(E)  Having  a more complete adaptation to life in the trees than that possessed by the other anthropoids,  --> I hate HAVING. + Awkward. INCORRECT

nandetapuri · Answer

First round of eliminations:

More completely adapted for life in the trees than are the other anthropoids, gibbons move with tremendous facility and ease. 
(A) More completely adapted  for life in the trees  than are the other anthropoids, 
(B) Adapted more completely  for tree life  than any of the anthropoids, 
(C) Being adapted more completely  to tree life  than any of the other anthropoids are, 
(D) Adapting more completely  to life in the trees  than the adaptation of the other anthropoids, 
(E) Having a more complete adaptation  to life in the trees  than that possessed by the other anthropoids,

Tree life? Tree modifying life? Logically this is incorrect!  So we can eliminate B & C.

Second round of elimination

More completely adapted for life in the trees than are the other anthropoids, gibbons move with tremendous facility and ease. 
(A) More completely  adapted for  life in the trees than are the other anthropoids, 
 (B) Adapted more completely for tree life than any of the anthropoids, 
 (C) Being adapted more completely to tree life than any of the other anthropoids are, 
(D) Adapting more  completely to  life in the trees than the adaptation of the other anthropoids, 
(E) Having a more complete  adaptation to  life in the trees than that possessed by the other anthropoids,

completely to vs adapted to vs adapted for ---- We use "For"  when you are trying to express a purpose or the reason that something is happening.
 We use  "To"  when some kind of transfer is happening or you want to indicate a direction.

Hence the correct answer is A

Please correct my analysis if i am wrong!

Yellkrishna · Answer

More completely adapted for life in the trees than are the other anthropoids, gibbons move with tremendous facility and ease.

(A) More completely adapted for life in the trees than are the other anthropoids, 
(B) Adapted more completely for tree life than any of the anthropoids, 
(C) Being adapted more completely to tree life than any of the other anthropoids are, 
(D) Adapting more completely to life in the trees than the adaptation of the other anthropoids, 
(E) Having a more complete adaptation to life in the trees than that possessed by the other anthropoids,

A. By using ‘..than are other..’, the sentence avoids the mistake of making tree life parallel to other anthropoid. This sentence is good.

B. ‘...adapted more completely for tree life than any of the shrubs below...’. This seems to be the type of comparison error in this sentence. Wrong comparison.

C. Being is not necessary. The sentence stands without it too.

D. Not very parallel.

E. ‘That’ refers to adaptation. Adaptation possessed in not right.

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CEdward · Answer

This is one of those sentences which I hope I never run into on the GMAT because all of the choices including the correct one are terrible written.

More completely adapted for life in the trees than are the other anthropoids, gibbons move with tremendous facility and ease.

(A) More completely adapted for life in the trees than are the other anthropoids, Correct
(B) Adapted more completely for  tree life  than any of the anthropoids,
-What is 'tree life'? Should be 'life in the trees'
-importantly, it seems that this sentence makes the comparison b/w adapted completely and anthropoids?
(C) Being adapted more completely to  tree life  than any of the other anthropoids are,
-being here is modifying gibbons; I don't see how it's grammatically incorrect here; seems fine
-I take issue with 'tree life'
(D) Adapting more completely to life in the trees than  the adaptation of the other anthropoids ,
-erroneous comparison b/w the gibbon’s adapting to the adaptation
(E) Having a  more complete adaptation  to life in the trees than that possessed by the other anthropoids,
-Gibbons are more adapted for life in the trees; not a more complete adaptation…

gmatk1lla · Answer

IMO A. 
More completely adapted for life in the trees than are the other anthropoids, 
best way to modify the main subject - gibbons

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