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The17pointscale Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Among?

0Hi. In the following sentences would you use 01font00among02font00 or 01font00in02font00? Is there a difference between the two? 01font00Among02font00 strikes me as incorrect, but I can't think of any reasons for that feeling, and I can't find much info on the word 01font00among02font00 (except for stuff differentiating it from 01font00between02font00).01blockquote
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10The link between PTSD and anger has been consistently demonstrated 11font10in 12font10 combat veterans and our10 results underscore the importance of addressing anger 11font10in 12font10 and Afghanistan War veterans.12br
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0 The meaning is 4 here:02br 02br 00 -------02br 01b 00402b 00 01b 00:02b 01font 00 in the number or class of02font 00<wittiest 01i 00among02i 00 poets> <01i 00among02i 00 other things she was president of her college class>02br 02br 05002br 00 --------02br 02br 00 and I don't think 01i 00in02i 00 would be good enough to say all that. com/dictionary/among

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  • 0 The meaning is 4 here:02br 02br 00 -------02br 01b 00402b 00 01b 00:02b 01font 00 in the number or class of02font 00<wittiest 01i 00among02i 00 poets> <01i 00among02i 00 other things she was president of her college class>02br 02br 05002br 00 --------02br 02br 00 and I don't think 01i 00in02i 00 would be good enough to say all that.
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0 The meaning is 4 here:02br
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01b00402b00 01b00:02b01font00 in the number or class of02font00<wittiest 01i00among02i00 poets> <01i00among02i00 other things she was president of her college class>02br
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0You're probably right, but why don't you think that 01i00in 02i00would be sufficient? 02br
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00And I don't know that definition 4 is an exact match. After all, I could not insert an 01i00in 02i00into either of those two examples (wittiest in po
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0 I would use "in" in both of these cases. 0-
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