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V700 Posted 22 years ago
Vocabulary

Prefer over?

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.


(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

(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


can anyone explain to me what is the difference between B and D?
  

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Welcome to English Forums, v700. There appear to be several differences. -- (B) appears to be the correct answer, as I can find no grammatical problems with it.

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Welcome to English Forums, v700.


There appear to be several differences. I presume that these are alternative answers for a test question?--

(B) appears to be the correct answer, as I can find no grammatical problems with it.

(D) has some problems: 'preferred status to' is wrong (it is a confusion with verb + preposition 'prefer to'); and 'another' shou