Direct democratic governance, exemplifying not the United

[Mike@Magoosh]

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 important "Once Outside or Twice Inside" rule for Parallelism, as well as for the OA & explanation of this particular question, see:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2013/gmat-paral ... ce-inside/

Mike

[rakeshd347]

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 important "Once Outside or Twice Inside" rule for Parallelism, as well as for the OA & explanation of this particular question, see:
https://magoosh.com/gmat/2013/gmat-paral ... ce-inside/

Mike

C is the only answer that shows parallelism here.