Between 5 and 10 minutes
I’ve searched the Internet and have got the results below.
(a) between five to ten minutes 26,500 hits
(b) between five and ten minutes 43,300 hits
(c) between 5 to 10 minutes 184,000 hits
(d) between 5 and 10 minutes 76 hits
The number of hits of (d) is extremely small. I’ve found the same tendency with a few other numbers (like 10 and 20). Is there really a tendency that “to” is much more preferred when Arabic numerals are used?
Top answer
When I search Google for "between 5 and 10 minutes" I get "about 283,000 results". These Google hit counts may in any case be little more than large random numbers, but whatever the numbers say, "between X to Y" is wrong (albeit no doubt a common mistake) whether X and Y are Arabic numerals or not. Correct is "between X and Y".
- When I search Google for "between 5 and 10 minutes" I get "about 283,000 results".
- These Google hit counts may in any case be little more than large random numbers, but whatever the numbers say, "between X to Y" is wrong (albeit no doubt a common mistake) whether X and Y are Arabic numerals or not.
- Correct is "between X and Y".
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When I search Google for "between 5 and 10 minutes" I get "about 283,000 results". These Google hit counts may in any case be little more than large random numbers, but whatever the numbers say, "between X to Y" is wrong (albeit no doubt a common mistake) whether X and Y are Arabic numerals or not. Correct is "between X and Y".
0Koji from Japan(d) between 5 and 10 minutes 76 hits
I did it and got 274,000 hits
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