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To: don-o

Confusing the words, between and among. (They are not synonyms)

I can't come up with an example of this. How do people misuse these words? (I wonder if I'm such an offender.)

61 posted on 05/29/2007 3:45:11 AM PDT by gitmo (From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.)

To: gitmo

Between is used with two items, among is three or more.

102 posted on 05/29/2007 5:05:31 AM PDT by stayathomemom

To: gitmo

If you and I start FReepmailing, our exchange is BETWEEN you and me.

This thread is an exchange AMONG many FReepers.

156 posted on 05/29/2007 6:03:06 AM PDT by Xenalyte (You have to defile a mummy completely, or they come back to life. You know that.)

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