(A) 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
(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
Solution:
Idioms + Parallelism
“Between X and Y” is the correct idiom. “Among” is used to compare more than 2 items.
Hence, A, C, and E are incorrect. “among X and Y”à unidiomatic.
Idiom: prefer X to/over Y, both X and Y must be logically parallel.
D: "a preferred status to another" - i.e. status vs. another, ànot parallel.
The intent of this sentence is to compare the “status” of some litigants with the “status” other litigants. So some has preferred “status over others (status)” ...
Hence, B is the best choice.
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