Among vs. Between

By Bhavin on December 5, 2010 in Confusing Words, Verbal, Vocabulary

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Among is used with more than two items.

Example: Jackie’s performance last night was the best among all the actors in the play.

Between is usually used with two items.

Example: Simon could not decide between the two puppies at the pound, so he adopted them both.

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Bhavin Parikh is CEO and co-founder at Magoosh. He completed his undergraduate degree at Duke University in Economics and Computer Science and received his MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. Bhavin likes to play frisbee and eat gelato.

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