abhik1502 wrote:
Skywalker18 ,
daagh ,
yashikaaggarwalwill you pls elaborate how comparison is correct in option A.
"more so" refers to previous clause about reporting and "than those" refers to another set of women.
Shouldn't we have a verb out here along with "those" something like "than did those" to make a complete sense about verb comparison out here.
Pls suggest !
We will use POE to eliminate wrong options, then finding correct option among remaining will become a less messy task.
so the question is:
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
We know ", which" introduces a non-essential modifier, while we need the following sentence to draw comparison.
so B and E can be eliminated.
retiring in C represents continuous action, which is not so continuing now. we have already drawn the fact, so the action is done in past.
Eliminate C
Among A and D,
You can eliminate D as,
1) if represents condition, while we need the situation to draw comparison mandatorily, so using condition is murky.
2) we have nothing stated in non-underlined part to put parallel to 'if' in underlined part.
3) retirement is done in past, whereas, to retire is no where a past action.
Hence A is better option.
Plus we need the better option among rest, not the best option available.
Hope it helps.