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The First National Bank of Boston pleaded guilty in a federal district [#permalink] New post   03 Jan 2021, 11:40
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The First National Bank of Boston pleaded guilty in a federal district court for failing to report $1.2 billion in cash transfers to Swiss Bank.

(A) for failing to report
(B) for its failure to report
(C) for its failure in reporting
(D) to its failure in reporting
(E) to failing to report
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Re: The First National Bank of Boston pleaded guilty in a federal district [#permalink] New post   03 Jan 2021, 16:13
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All options with the pronoun "its" are incorrect since its can refer to either the bank or the federal district Court. So B, C, D are out. Option E uses infinitive "To failing" which is never correct, so it leaves us with option A.

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Re: The First National Bank of Boston pleaded guilty in a federal district [#permalink] New post   03 Jan 2021, 22:25
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The correct idiom is : Plead guilty TO <some crime/accusation>
Thus, the bank pleaded guilty in a federal district court TO <some failure>
We can eliminate A, B and C.

'Its' does not have a clear antecedent (the bank or the court). However, between the constructions
D. The bank pleaded guilty in a federal district court TO its failure in reporting...
E. The bank pleaded guilty in a federal district court TO failing to report...

I still see "failure in reporting" is better than "failing to report" . (fail to report would have been the best).

Eliminating D just for a pronoun ambiguity is not considered a good way in GMAT. This is true even if the pronoun ambiguity comes from subject and the noun of a prepositional phrase (bank pleaded guilty in a federal district court)

I stand for D.
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Re: The First National Bank of Boston pleaded guilty in a federal district [#permalink] New post   03 Jan 2021, 23:29
The First National Bank of Boston pleaded guilty in a federal district court for failing to report $1.2 billion in cash transfers to Swiss Bank.

(A) for failing to report Correct

(B) for its failure to report Incorrect

its redundant
failure uses wrong

(C) for its failure in reporting Incorrect

its redundant
in reporting - wrong
failure uses wrong

(D) to its failure in reporting Incorrect

guilty for -- correct idioms
failure uses wrong

(E) to failing to report Incorrect

guilty for -- correct idioms
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Re: The First National Bank of Boston pleaded guilty in a federal district [#permalink] New post   04 Jan 2021, 11:56
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The First National Bank of Boston pleaded guilty in a federal district court for failing to report $1.2 billion in cash transfers to Swiss Bank.

(A) for failing to report
(B) for its failure to report
(C) for its failure in reporting
(D) to its failure in reporting
(E) to failing to report



"A" seems correct. In rest its is ambiguous.

Lets wait for the official answer.
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Re: The First National Bank of Boston pleaded guilty in a federal district [#permalink] New post   09 Jan 2021, 10:19
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Can you please let me know why A is incorrect?
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Re: The First National Bank of Boston pleaded guilty in a federal district [#permalink] New post   09 Jan 2021, 10:39
Hi, can someone explain why E is right please?

"To failing" doesn't make sense to me. Thanks!
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Re: The First National Bank of Boston pleaded guilty in a federal district [#permalink] New post   11 Jan 2021, 08:22
Bunuel, why is the answer to this question E?
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Re: The First National Bank of Boston pleaded guilty in a federal district [#permalink] New post   12 Jan 2021, 00:17
Can anyone please explain why E is the right choice?
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Re: The First National Bank of Boston pleaded guilty in a federal district [#permalink] New post   12 Jan 2021, 00:42
Why is E the correct answer to this question ?
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The First National Bank of Boston pleaded guilty in a federal district [#permalink] New post   12 Jan 2021, 02:28
Bunuel wrote:
The First National Bank of Boston pleaded guilty in a federal district court for failing to report $1.2 billion in cash transfers to Swiss Bank.

(A) for failing to report
(B) for its failure to report
(C) for its failure in reporting
(D) to its failure in reporting
(E) to failing to report

Bunuel
Please help with official explaination
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Re: The First National Bank of Boston pleaded guilty in a federal district [#permalink] New post   12 Jan 2021, 03:58
Took 1.35 min but i did it right :))
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Re: The First National Bank of Boston pleaded guilty in a federal district [#permalink] New post   12 Jan 2021, 22:28
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The First National Bank of Boston pleaded guilty in a federal district court for failing to report $1.2 billion in cash transfers to Swiss Bank.

(A) for failing to report
(B) for its failure to report
(C) for its failure in reporting
(D) to its failure in reporting
(E) to failing to report

Bunuel
Please help with official explaination[/quote]

Waiting for the same.
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Re: The First National Bank of Boston pleaded guilty in a federal district [#permalink] New post   13 Jan 2021, 00:38
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Honestly just went with how I’ve heard the phrase “plead guilty” in myriad articles etc. You always plead guilty “to” something. A,B and C gone.

Between D and E, the “something” has to be an action. In D, “it’s failure” is a clause whereas in E “failing to report” is an action phrase.

Went with E. Waiting for OE.

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Re: The First National Bank of Boston pleaded guilty in a federal district [#permalink] New post   13 Jan 2021, 09:22
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You always plead guilty TO something, you don’t plead guilty FOR something.

A, B, and C are out.

Between D and E, in version D it sounds like the bank is pleading guilty to its own failure, which is incorrect. Secondly, “its” could refer to either the bank or the court.

For these reasons, the answer is E, which correctly associates the action of “failing to report” to the intended subject.

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Re: The First National Bank of Boston pleaded guilty in a federal district [#permalink] New post   29 Jan 2022, 07:23
It is very tempting to choose (A) in this question, but, this is an idiom problem, and the correct idiom is plead guilty to, thus, (A) - (C) is out. Between (D) and (E), (D) uses incorrect "its". So, (D) is out. Final answer left with (E).
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