Between vs. among
Hi.
After this year's Maturita exam (equivalent of A levels in England) in English, this is the most discussed question:
Today there are about seven thousand national parks on our planet. Yosemite National Park and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park are _____ the most visited.
A) across
B) between
C) among
The setter of the exam argues, it is B. I would go for C.
Though I am not 100% sure I can rule out B.
Our house is between the woods, the river and the village. (M. Swan - Practical English Usage)
Thank you for your views.
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After this year's Maturita exam (equivalent of A levels in England) in English, this is the most discussed question:Today there are about seven thousand national parks on our planet. Yosemite National Park and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park are _____ the most visited. A) across B) between C) amongThe setter of the exam argues, it is B.
- After this year's Maturita exam (equivalent of A levels in England) in English, this is the most discussed question:Today there are about seven thousand national parks on our planet.
- Yosemite National Park and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park are _____ the most visited.
- A) across B) between C) amongThe setter of the exam argues, it is B.
- Our house is between the woods, the river and the village.
- (M.
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radovanHi.After this year's Maturita exam (equivalent of A levels in England) in English, this is the most discussed question:Today there are about seven thousand national parks on our planet. Yosemite National Park and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park are _____ the most visited. A) across B) between C) amongThe setter of the exam argues, it is B. I would go for C.
0"Between" would only work here if it were the case that one of the two most visited parks lay to the west of Yosemite, and the other to the east of Great Smoky Mountains. Then Yosemite and Great Smoky Mountains would indeed be "between the most visited". Of course, this isn't the case
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