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by rb90 » Fri Oct 15, 2010 3:20 am
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

The OA is [spoiler]A.My confusion is about choice E. Is it incorrect becauase "which" and " so" makes the choice redundant?
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by GMATGuruNY » Fri Oct 15, 2010 3:48 am
rb90 wrote: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

The OA is [spoiler]A.My confusion is about choice E. Is it incorrect becauase "which" and " so" makes the choice redundant?
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Please help.Thanks in advance.
Quickest approach:

The intended meaning of the sentence is to compare the women who took new jobs to other women (those who retired). B, C and D do not make the comparison clear. Eliminate B, C and D.

Since in E the pronoun which refers to high marital satisfaction, E is incorrectly comparing high marital satisfaction to those retiring. Eliminate E.

The correct answer is A.
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