Choose from, between, among
Hi,
What’s the difference between these?
“We had to choose between/among/from five options.”
If I was only allowed to pick one or in the opposite case more than one, which of these would be most appropriate?
I’d probably use ‘between’ if I could only go for one option and ‘among’ if it could be more.
Thank you.
Top answer
You choose between .... Most notes on this in dictionaries, if they have any notes at all about it, say that we use 'between' in these cases because we're always comparing two of the three, four, five, ... at any one time during the process of narrowing our choice down to one (or down to some few).
- You choose between ....
- Most notes on this in dictionaries, if they have any notes at all about it, say that we use 'between' in these cases because we're always comparing two of the three, four, five, ...
- at any one time during the process of narrowing our choice down to one (or down to some few).
- Choosing from is always OK as well, but among isn't usually recommended.
- We had to choose [ between / from ] five options .
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You choose between ....
Most notes on this in dictionaries, if they have any notes at all about it, say that we use 'between' in these cases because we're always comparing two of the three, four, five, ... at any one time during the process of narrowing our choice down to one (or down to some few).
Choosing from is always OK as well, but among isn't usua
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