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The First National Bank of Boston pleaded guilty in a federal district
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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) 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
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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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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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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.
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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