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We Interrupt This Series to Explain the Difference Between Two Words….
Posted by Editormum on Saturday, 29 March 2003 in Usage and Diction | ∞
I know what I said was going to be next, but I just ran across three instances of confusion in the use of between and among. So I’m going to interrupt myself and quickly explain this simple problem.
Between is used only when you are dealing with two objects, people, or places. Among is used when you are dealing with more than two objects, people, or places.
Examples: We couldn’t decide between the Mexican restaurant and the Chinese restaurant. We divided the fortune cookies among the ten children and the three adults.
That’s it! It’s really that simple.