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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Betwee/among

What's the difference between Tom, Bob and Kate?

What's the difference among Tom, Bob and Kate?

Are they correct?
Do both carry about the same meaning?

Thanks
LiJ
  

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Liveinjapan What's the difference between Tom, Bob and Kate? What's the difference among Tom, Bob and Kate? The first sentence is correct.

— Yoong Liat

  • Liveinjapan What's the difference between Tom, Bob and Kate?
  • What's the difference among Tom, Bob and Kate?
  • The first sentence is correct.
  • 'Between' is usually used when two persons are involved, but it is not always the case.
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LiveinjapanWhat's the difference between Tom, Bob and Kate?

What's the difference among Tom, Bob and Kate?
The first sentence is correct. 'Between' is usually used when two persons are involved, but it is not always the case.
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When you are making a comparison, you should always use between, no matter how many people/items you are talking about.

The between/among number rule applies to sharing something between/among.
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Thanks, Nona and YL.

I didn't know that. I just stuck to the number even though I felt the first sentence was so natural..
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Hi,

I was taught to follow the following rules:

#1 (General and is safe most of the time) Use between when we deal with two things / people, among with more than two things / people.

He divided the money between his two friends.
 He divided the money among h
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Thank you very much, Hoa Thai. Emotion: smileI've leaned very important things about between/among.

LiJ
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