A new SC

[LEMAGICIEN]

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

[camitava]

LEMAGICIEN, IMO - E. Because, the first clause has to be in present perfect tense and the second phrase should start with the word - "FACE" to maintain the parallelism.

[Suyog]

https://www.beatthegmat.com/1000sc-24-31-t1300.html#4704

[CrazyGmatter]

Second camitava...

E its is..

[LEMAGICIEN]

Yes I think also E is...
But I was a little bit hesitating because of the absence of the second "to" before "face"...

[BTGmoderatorRO]

'had?' the use of 'had' is not proper here as it does not follow proper tense structure.This makes this option incorrect.

Option B.
This optiom\n suffers the same fate as Option A above.

Option C.
This option is incorrect because 'elected to retire' is considered over 'elected retiring'. This makes this option incorrect.

Option D.
This option would have been the correct option but the use of 'facing' is not proper and the word is just dangling.
Thus, this option is incorrect.

OPtion E.
'rather than face'. This is the best logical construction, and thus, it is best considered as the best option. So, E it is.