Among o amongst
Dicho de manera fácil, among o amongst son exactamente iguales y completamente intercambiables. ‘Amongst’ es la variedad más antigua y en algunas partes de los Estados Unidos se considera obsoleto. Mientras que, ‘among’ un poco más moderno y es mucho más común en la lengua cotidiana.
Usamos among o amongst como una preposición cuando hay más de dos personas o cosas
Para solo dos personas, es mejor usar ‘between’.
- We’ll go to take a coffee in the courtyard and sit among/amongst the locals.
- It’s about time we joined in among/amongst the crowd.
- Among/amongst our group, there is a traitor, a rat.
- Just amongst/among us three guys, no one else can know?
- I live among/amongst many nationalities in my neighbourhood.
- We know that amongst/among our colleagues there is a computer programmer.
Ver también:
- Already vs. all ready
- Although vs. though
- Some vs. any
- Between vs. among
- Bring up vs. educate
- Still, yet y already
- Rather, quite, fairly y little
- Énfasis en ingles
- Bath vs bathe
- Into vs. in to
- On vs. upon
- Born vs borne
- Bring vs. take
- So vs. such
- There is vs. there are
- To y for
- Do vs. make