23. 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

Solution:

Parallelism**

“First of all….and second” is the correct and parallel usage.
Hence, A, B, and C can be eliminated.
“Criticized the city’s election board for failing to….and…for failing to” is the parallel usage.
Hence, D can be eliminated and E is the best choice.

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