- among / between
- Among is used for three or more: Shirley had to choose among four universities she might attend.Between refers to only two two things: I couldn't decide between blue and green.
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among / between — Among is used for three or more: Shirley had to choose among four universities she might attend. Between refers to only two two things: I couldn t decide between blue and green … Confused words
among, between — Standard usage requires that among be employed to show the relationship of more than two objects or persons and that between be employed to refer to only two objects or, occasionally, to more than two when each object is considered in relation to … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
among — *between … New Dictionary of Synonyms
among */*/*/ [əˈmʌŋ] — [əˈmʌŋst] preposition 1) included in a particular group of people or things Robert was the only one among them who had ever ridden a horse.[/ex] They discussed, among other things, the future of the oil industry.[/ex] The winner was selected from … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
between — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) In the space separating two things Nouns 1. (act of lying between) interjacence, intervenience, interlocation, interpenetration; interjection, interpolation, interlineation, interspersion, intercalation; … English dictionary for students
between — See among. See among, between … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
among — See among, between … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
between — 1. general. Between is an adverb (houses with spaces between) and a preposition (houses with spaces between them). We are concerned here with between as a preposition. 2. between and among. Many people, and usage guides, cling to the idea… … Modern English usage
between — between, among are comparable when they take as object two or more persons or things and indicate their relation (as in position, in a distribution, or in participation). Between in its basic sense applies to only two objects {between Scylla and… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Between — Be*tween , prep. [OE. bytwene, bitweonen, AS. betwe[ o]nan, betwe[ o]num; prefix be by + a form fr. AS. tw[=a] two, akin to Goth. tweihnai two apiece. See {Twain}, and cf. {Atween}, {Betwixt}.] 1. In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
