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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
从句中有that within the past few years，表明从句的发生时间在has found 之前，为什么不用过去完成时？

chipmunk

I think 'have' or 'had' serve the same meaning, means some time before. Here the test point is 'rather than doing sth', so, the answer is D.

gemj

以下是引用chipmunk在2003-10-23 13:27:00的发言：
I think 'have' or 'had' serve the same meaning, means some time before. Here the test point is 'rather than doing sth', so, the answer is D.

还是不明白，chipmunk能解释得细致一点吗？
不过答案是E。
先谢过了！

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chipmunk

Hehe...my rusty skills. What I remember is: we can use either 'have' or 'had' here, both are right. If the author uses 'have', that means the status continues to now; if the author uses 'had', that emphasize the status ended before 'recent study'. Both usage are right in grammar, just emphasize on different meaning.

Marrow

same meaning？hoho,absolutely nope.1,according to the "face"，here we should use the present tense.2,let's c the "within the last few yrs",what it means?from years ago till now,which tense shall we choose?--present perfect!

joywzy

let's c the "within the last few yrs",what it means?from years ago till now,which tense shall we choose?--present perfect!

exactly.

maotian

那为什么不选c？是不是完成时后面不能接进行时？为什么？

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maotian

OG解释：C is faulty because have elected, which is correct in tense, cannot idiomatically be followed by a participle such as retiring.



是不是进行时不能跟在完成时后面？为什么阿？

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lotery

at least     (C)     <instead of> should    follow Noun.             not a Gerund

weiyu

时态＋平行结构


have    elected    to    retire    early    rather    than    (to) face平行结构