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Old 29-Jul-2005, 14:10
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Default Re: Rules to spell out numbers

Yes, and no. You are right with BETWEEN for two things, and AMONG for more than that... but you -can- be a little flexible.

Think of what BETWEEN means, physically. It means an object is in a place in the middle of two other things, or three other things.

When you have two objects, where the middle is, where 'between them' is, is very easy to see.

But where is the place in the middle when you have three things? It is harder to see, to imagine.

And four, or five things? You know the town BETWEEN or in the middle of two large cities in your country... but which is the town in the middle of five large cities? It just becomes a harder mental picture.

So try to use "If the choice is between Paris and London for vacation, I choose Paris!" and "Among all the places we could go on vacation, I choose Paris!"
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