database----database normalization
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someone told me the following table isn't fit for the second database normalization. but i don't know why? i am a newbie of database design, i have read some tutorials of the 3NF. but to the 2NF and 3NF, i can't understand them well. expect someone can explain it for me. thank you,
    +------------+-----------+-------------------+
    pk                pk             row
  +------------+-----------+-------------------+
      A                  B                  C
   +------------+-----------+-------------------+
        A                  D                  C
 +------------+-----------+-------------------+
          A                  E                  C
  +------------+-----------+-------------------+
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