Wednesday, March 10, 2010

'Between' v/s 'Among'

The simplest of choices but, surprisingly, a large number of students seem to be unaware of the correct usage of 'between' and 'among'.

Rule: Use 'between' while evaluating two options and 'among' while evaluating more than two options.

Examples:
  1. John can't decide between a bike and a scooter.

  2. John can't decide among a bike, a scooter and a moped.
Important: Remember 'between' and 'among' will ALWAYS take 'and' and not 'or'. To say that 'John can't decide between a bike or a scooter' will be INCORRECT.

1 comment:

  1. Wow., Literally.. I am unaware of this before.
    Thanks for your Post.This will really be helpful for my GRE Test Preparation

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