Between y among

¿Cuál es la diferencia entre between y among? Usamos ‘between’ para separar los objetos o personas (normalmente habrá más de dos), y usamos ‘among’ cuando una persona u objeto está dentro una multitud o masa de personas u objetos.

Between: usado para separar dos objetos o personas

(Normalmente, no hay más que dos):

• My colleague, David, sits between me and Janice.
• I’m going to stand between you both to stop you from quarrelling.
• Between you and I, I don’t agree with the boss’s policies.
• The files are between the cabinet and the water vase.

Among: se usa para más de dos cosas o personas

• Among the crowd I could see my mom and dad.
• Some people get quite claustrophobic when being amongst/among the crowds at concerts.
• Among the citizens, there will always be someone who’ll stand up and defend himself.
• It was nice seeing so many home supporters among the crowd of thousands.

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• 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