by messi10 Fri Jun 03, 2011 9:54 am
Hi,
In the second question, choice C is incorrect because it is unidiomatic. "Elected retiring" is the incorrect idiom. Correct idiom is "to retire".
Not sure I fully understand what you mean by saying "the" was not understood in the first question. Are you asking why there is only a single "to" in the second question?
"to retire" and "to face" are both verbs. Sometimes, these can be split so "to" applies automatically to both actions.
Hope this helps
Regards
Sunil