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by grandh01 » Sun Aug 12, 2012 1:42 pm
A recent study has found that within the past few years, many doctors had elected early
retirement rather than face the threats of lawsuits and the rising costs of malpractice
insurance.
(A) had elected early retirement rather than face
(B) had elected early retirement instead of facing
(C) have elected retiring early instead of facing
(D) have elected to retire early rather than facing
(E) have elected to retire early rather than face

OA is EMy question is what is wrong with C?
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by sai.99.gmat » Sun Aug 12, 2012 2:58 pm
Nice one!
This may be a verb-tense issue,

'Have elected' would be present perfect by nature, 'retiring/facing' are more apt for present continuous structure.

Just a heads up, spoiler isn't tagged properly. :)
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by vk_vinayak » Mon Aug 13, 2012 1:33 am
sai.99.gmat wrote:Nice one!
This may be a verb-tense issue,

'Have elected' would be present perfect by nature, 'retiring/facing' are more apt for present continuous structure.

Just a heads up, spoiler isn't tagged properly. :)
No. In option C, Retiring and facing are not verbs; they are nouns (known as gerunds).

The question basically tests the difference between 'instead of' and 'rather than'.

Instead of is used when two options are alternatives.
Rather than is used to show the preference.

As per the meaning, the doctors preferred to retire early.

Also, to show an action, infinitives (TO + Verb) are preferred to gerunds.
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