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A recent New York Times editorial criticized the city’s election board for, first of all, falling 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
Strange this one.. 
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I would say E, because it says "first" and not "firstly" and therefore, it must be second.
But I could see B also...
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Should be E
city’s election board is singular
and we need parallelism between first and second
for, first of all, falling to ..... second, for failing to
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24 Feb 2007, 11:52
(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
E
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but is "first of all" parellel to second ? shouldnt it be secondly ..?
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I believe after ‘first of all’, ‘second’ is preferred and more idiomatic. Also, board is singular so we are left with E.
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E should be the correct choice.
As 'second' is parallel to 'first'....not secondly or secondarily
parallelism is the key to solve this
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Re: SC - failure to [#permalink]
25 Feb 2007, 20:55
kkarank wrote: A recent New York Times editorial criticized the city’s election board for, first of all, falling 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 Strange this one.. Good question. It's E for parallelism.
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Re: SC - failure to [#permalink]
08 Jan 2008, 19:14
OA is E indeed. But, when does one use 'secondly' and when does one use 'second'?
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Re: SC - failure to [#permalink]
09 Jan 2008, 04:49
kkarank wrote: A recent New York Times editorial criticized the city’s election board for, first of all, falling 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 Strange this one.. first of all .. second (of all) E is correct (E also is parallel)
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Re: SC - failure to [#permalink]
27 May 2008, 21:26
E is the right answer.
Escapes the wrong pronoun error.
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Re: SC - failure to [#permalink]
28 May 2008, 13:54
kkarank wrote: A recent New York Times editorial criticized the city’s election board for, first of all, falling 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 Strange this one.. I will go for E for parallel failing to replaced outmoded machines.... failing to investigate allegations of ..
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Re: SC - failure to [#permalink]
28 May 2008, 14:49
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okay a golden tip, In GMAT, secondly, secondarily are almost always wrong.
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Re: A recent New York Times editorial criticized the citys [#permalink]
13 May 2013, 12:58
for E to be correct for should come after first of all..otherwise it will make for for
correct me if i am wrong
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