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by gmatblood » Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:39 am
A recent New York Times editorial criticized the city's election board for, first of all, failing to replace outmoded voting machines prone to breakdowns, and secondarily, for their failure to investigate allegations of corruption involving board members.

(A) secondarily, for their failure to
(B) secondly, for their failure to
(C) secondly, that they failed and did not
(D) second, that they failed to
(E) second, for failing to


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by GmatKiss » Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:41 am
gmatblood wrote:A recent New York Times editorial criticized the city's election board for, first of all, failing to replace outmoded voting machines prone to breakdowns, and secondarily, for their failure to investigate allegations of corruption involving board members.

(A) secondarily, for their failure to
(B) secondly, for their failure to
(C) secondly, that they failed and did not - wordy
(D) second, that they failed to
(E) second, for failing to - parallel

IMO: E

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by Juggernaut_86 » Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:47 am
I agree with GmatKiss - E maintains parallelism.

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by GmatKiss » Mon Sep 19, 2011 12:41 am
Please post OA
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by gunjan1208 » Mon Sep 19, 2011 12:49 am
IMO E
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