Warm friendship (among/between)

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I noticed a warm friendship (among/between) the three students.which one is true?

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

I noticed a warm friendship among the three students.
Which one is correct?

Anonymous · Answer

between. As the students are all distinct identities!

Anonymous · Answer

I noticed a warm friendship BETWEEN the THREE students.

I noticed a warm friendship AMONG the GROUP OF STUDENTS.

Anonymous · Answer

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Anonymous · Answer

between is used when discussing two people; among is three or more.  Period.

Fivejedjon · Answer

Anonymous between is used when discussing two people; among is three or more. Period.

No.

"We usually say that somebody or something is between several clearly separate people or things. We prefer among when somebody or something is in a group, a crowd or a mass of things which we do not see separately.
Compare:

Our house is between the woods, the river and the village.
His house is hidden among the trees.

I saw something between the wheels of the car.
Your letter is somewhere among all those papers. [...]

We can talk about dividing or sharing things between or among more than two people or groups.
He divided all his money between/among his children and grandchildren. [...]

We normally use between after difference.

There are enormous differences betweeen languages."

Swan Michael (2005.88) Practical English Usage (3rd edn), Oxford: OUP.

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