Master confusing words with ease
Among vs. Between
Among
/əˈmʌŋ/Examples:
'There was a packet of it among the gardener's things.''You plot among you to wean my heart from her.He pants loudly, "Sir, there are spies among us."
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Between
/bɪˈtwiːn/Examples:
I came to myself being hustled along between two men.There's all the difference in the world between...Difference between he says and they say?
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Remember that between is used when referring to two items.
- Among is used when discussing more than two items.
- Think of between as related to pairs and among as related to groups.
- You can be among people in a crowd but between two friends at a table.
- Visualize placing something between two points while among is like slipping into a larger group.
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