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by Mike@Magoosh » Tue Aug 20, 2013 12:44 pm
Direct democratic governance, exemplifying not the United States' Electoral College but most of the systems of Western European nations, has its roots in the innovative system of ancient Athens.
(A) exemplifying not the United States' Electoral College but
(B) exemplifying not the United States' Electoral College but by
(C) exemplified not by the United States' Electoral College but by
(D) exemplified not by the United States' Electoral College but
(E) exemplified by not the United States' Electoral College but by

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by vinay1983 » Wed Aug 21, 2013 4:58 am
I feel it is about the idiom Not By...But By...Option C
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by faraz_jeddah » Wed Aug 21, 2013 10:05 am
Mike@Magoosh wrote:Direct democratic governance, exemplifying not the United States' Electoral College but most of the systems of Western European nations, has its roots in the innovative system of ancient Athens.
(A) exemplifying not the United States' Electoral College but
(B) exemplifying not the United States' Electoral College but by
(C) exemplified not by the United States' Electoral College but by
(D) exemplified not by the United States' Electoral College but
(E) exemplified by not the United States' Electoral College but by

For a discussion of the once outside or twice inside rule for parallelism, as well as a complete solution to this question, see:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2013/gmat-paral ... ce-inside/
For some more questions about parallelism in general, see:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2013/parallelis ... orrection/

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I would go with C
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by Mike@Magoosh » Wed Aug 21, 2013 12:23 pm
vinay1983 & faraz_jeddah,
Yes, the OA is [spoiler](C)[/spoiler].
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