"in the middle" or "in between"?

[LeTyan]

Below is the scene:

"You are not good.
You are not bad.
You are somewhere in the middle
OR you are somewhere in between"

I know for sure that "in the middle" is acceptable in here.
But what about "in between"? I have never been offcially taught such an expression,
While I did hear it multiple times from native speakers' conversations.

Does saying "in between" make you sound hip or uneducated?
Or is it a matter of AmE or BrE?

Thanks ahead!

 

[5jj]

"You are not good.You are not bad.
You are somewhere in the middle
OR you are somewhere in between"

I know for sure that "in the middle" is acceptable in here.
But what about "in between"

I prefer 'in between'.

Does saying "in between" make you sound hip or uneducated?

Neither.

 

[noppanat]

Between = two (good / bad)
in the middle = more than two

 

[Rover_KE]

Between = two (good / bad)
in the middle = more than two

This is not so. See piggy in the middle.

Noppanat, please read this extract from the forum's Posting Guidelines:

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Rover