sc1000

[neeshpal]

Judge Lois Forer's study asks why do some litigants have a preferred status over others in the use of a public resource, the courts, which in theory are available to all but in fact are unequally distributed among rich and poor.

(A) do some litigants have a preferred status overothers in the use of a public resource, the courts, which in theory are available to all but in fact are unequally distributed among
(B) some litigants have a preferred status over others in the use of a public resource, the courts, which in theory are available to all but in fact are unequally distributed between
(C) do some litigants have a preferred status over another in the use of a public resource, the courts, in theory available to all but in fact are unequally distributed among
(D) some litigants have a preferred status to another in the use of a public resource, the courts, in theory available to all but in fact not equally distributed between
(E) does one litigant have a preferred status over the other in the use of a public resource, the courts, in theory available to all but in fact they are not equally distributed among

can someone explain this, please?

[givemeanid]

Is OA B?

[neeshpal]

yes OA is B.

Can you please explain.

Thanks!

[givemeanid]

Lets start with the end of the sentence. When two entities are involved, the correct idiom is between X and Y (NOT among X and Y). A, C and E are out.

NOw, between B and D, D has 'preferred status to another'. That's incorrect. The correct idiom is prevferred over. Hence, B.

[dbernst]

givemeanid, thanks for the assistance! There is also an agreement/parallel construction error with answer choice D: the plural noun litigants is directly compared to the singular noun another.

-dan

[saxenankit]

givemeanid, thanks for the assistance! There is also an agreement/parallel construction error with answer choice D: the plural noun litigants is directly compared to the singular noun another.

-dan

Moreover option D is a sentence fragment.

[callmepret]

Judge Lois Forer's study asks why do some litigants have a preferred status over others in the use of a public resource, the courts, which in theory are available to all but in fact are unequally distributed among rich and poor.

(A) do some litigants have a preferred status overothers in the use of a public resource, the courts, which in theory are available to all but in fact are unequally distributed among
(B) some litigants have a preferred status over others in the use of a public resource, the courts, which in theory are available to all but in fact are unequally distributed between
(C) do some litigants have a preferred status over another in the use of a public resource, the courts, in theory available to all but in fact are unequally distributed among
(D) some litigants have a preferred status to another in the use of a public resource, the courts, in theory available to all but in fact not equally distributed between
(E) does one litigant have a preferred status over the other in the use of a public resource, the courts, in theory available to all but in fact they are not equally distributed among

can someone explain this, please?

I have 2 misgivings about the option B though a manhattan staffer has endorsed it.

1. The manhattan book says that correct usage is prefer X to Y and not prefer X over Y.

2, which modifes the courts and not the resources because the immediate clause is the courts, however I agree that it does not change the meaning of the sentence but what if there is a construction like this--

searchers have questioned the use of costly and experimental diagnostic tests to identify food allergies, such as milk, that supposedly disrupt normal behavior.

(A) to identify food allergies, such as
(B) to identify food allergies, like
(C) to identify food allergies, such as to
(D) for identifying food allergies, like that of
(E) for identifying food allergies, such as for


The source is 1000 SC but I feel that, along with everything,usage of that is incorrect. It should not be used as a non restrictive modifer.

Ron/Stacey can you please answer???

[tim]

"preferred" is not being used as a verb in any of the answer choices, so the idiom "prefer x to y" does not apply here..

"which" totally refers to "courts", as it should, and everything is fine. i couldn't tell what you thought the problem was with "which"..

i don't like the sentence overall, but at least there is no problem with the two issues you brought up..