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Increasingly over the last few years, corporations involved in patent litigation have opted to settle the lawsuit rather than facing the protracted legal expenses of a court battle.
A) have opted to settle the lawsuit rather than facing
B) have opted settling the lawsuit instead of facing
C) had opted to settle the lawsuit rather than face
D) had opted for settlement of the lawsuit instead of facing
E) have opted to settle the lawsuit rather than face
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(A), (C), (D) can be eliminated for improper comparison. Violation of X than Y parallelism. And incorrect past perfect tense usage to depict two non-related events. By using 'had opted' in options (C) and (D), the meaning changes. Stimulus is trying to establish a habit that started in past and has increased over the years to the present. It has not ended in sometime in past, so usage of Past Perfect distorts the original meaning. Thus, only (B) and (E) remain. Let's analyze each:
Option (B).
Corporations have done one thing over another. It shows a preference, thus the usage of "instead of" is correct here.
Corporations have opted settling the lawsuit instead of facing the legal expenses.
EG. Sheila has opted sun bathing instead of baking cookies in this lovely weather.
Option (E).
Corporations have opted to settle the lawsuit rather than face the legal expenses.
Corporations have opted to do X rather than (do) Y. Seems good.
To make a choice between the two, we need the help of idioms. We generally say, I opted to go for the survey. Or, I opted for a Physics major in my bachelor's. So, "opt" is generally followed by a preposition. So, E looks like the one that is using that structure. And (B) thus can be eliminated for being unidiomatic. Also, in the GMAT world, though not a rule, rather than is preferred over instead of. But, this alone can not be a differentiating factor. So (E) in my opinion.
