A study on couples' retirement transitions found that women

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A study on couples' retirement transitions found that women who took new jobs after retiring from their primary careers reported high marital satisfaction, more so than those who retired completely.

A. more so than those who retired
B. which was more than if they had retired
C. more than when retiring
D. more than if they were to retire
E. which was more so than those retiring

(A)
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by goelmohit2002 » Wed Aug 12, 2009 1:42 am
Are u sure abt OA ?

https://www.beatthegmat.com/retirement-t ... 25376.html

using they = incorrect since they refers to exact same person(as per Manhattan)...so B,D out.....C implicity want to refer to same person....so C = wrong...

I am not sure which one to prefer A or E...confused between A and E....

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by mani090406 » Wed Aug 12, 2009 3:58 am
I am posting for the first time and also am new to GMAT, so pardon me if i make a mistake.

I think C is the right answer. We are talking about Couple's Retirement transitions. Here " more than when retiring " correctly refers and modifies "marital satisfaction"

A is wrong because it compares "couples' retirement transitions " with other couples whereas the sentence suggest that "marital satisfaction" is changed for the same couple when they switch job.

Hope that helps. :D
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by acenikk » Wed Aug 12, 2009 4:45 am
The OA seems to be wrong. It has to be A. What is the source of question ?

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by doclkk » Wed Aug 12, 2009 6:50 am
goelmohit2002 wrote:Are u sure abt OA ?

https://www.beatthegmat.com/retirement-t ... 25376.html

using they = incorrect since they refers to exact same person(as per Manhattan)...so B,D out.....C implicity want to refer to same person....so C = wrong...

I am not sure which one to prefer A or E...confused between A and E....
No you're right. I don't know why I misread it. Maybe that's the reason for the bad scores! =P

Yea - you're right, it is A. I'm really sorry about that - it was unintentional and is regrettable.

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by goelmohit2002 » Wed Aug 12, 2009 7:26 am
Can someone please tell why A is better then E ?

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by pkit » Fri Sep 10, 2010 10:16 am
goelmohit2002 wrote:Can someone please tell why A is better then E ?
source is GMATprep1
OA is A.

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by navami » Sat Sep 11, 2010 7:33 am
pkit wrote:
goelmohit2002 wrote:Can someone please tell why A is better then E ?
source is GMATprep1
OA is A.
E. which was more so than those retiring
is awkward. The option uses which was as if it happened in past
wordy as compared to option A