Comments on: Between and Among http://www.dailywritingtips.com/between-and-among/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:00:10 -0600 hourly 1 By: Elena http://www.dailywritingtips.com/between-and-among/comment-page-1/#comment-124048 Elena Sat, 30 May 2009 21:37:10 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/between-and-among/#comment-124048 thanks! this article helped me a lot, I am learning English and I could not understand the difference of these tow words. thanks again thanks!

this article helped me a lot, I am learning English and I could not understand the difference of these tow words.

thanks again

]]> By: CC http://www.dailywritingtips.com/between-and-among/comment-page-1/#comment-120667 CC Mon, 18 May 2009 06:07:05 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/between-and-among/#comment-120667 Roshawn on October 26, 2007 2:44 am “Our parents never made any difference among us.” Although grammatically correct, it still sounds…uh…wrong. But that’s just me. ============ i think that the reason it sounds weird is because when we hear "among us" we picture a whole group of "us", which is grammatically correct. But, when we read "between us", we actually hear "Our parents never made any difference between "each of" us. And when we compare ourselves to others, we usually/normally (psychologically) do it with one other person at a time in our minds. Just my thought... Roshawn on October 26, 2007 2:44 am

“Our parents never made any difference among us.”

Although grammatically correct, it still sounds…uh…wrong. But that’s just me.

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i think that the reason it sounds weird is because when we hear “among us” we picture a whole group of “us”, which is grammatically correct. But, when we read “between us”, we actually hear “Our parents never made any difference between “each of” us. And when we compare ourselves to others, we usually/normally (psychologically) do it with one other person at a time in our minds. Just my thought…

]]> By: mandy http://www.dailywritingtips.com/between-and-among/comment-page-1/#comment-28727 mandy Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:43:42 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/between-and-among/#comment-28727 well really it is a nice topic and illustrations were good. i appreciate. well really it is a nice topic and illustrations were good.
i appreciate.

]]> By: Maeve http://www.dailywritingtips.com/between-and-among/comment-page-1/#comment-3688 Maeve Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:31:21 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/between-and-among/#comment-3688 Savita, Good idea. I'll address your question in another post. Savita,
Good idea. I’ll address your question in another post.

]]> By: savita http://www.dailywritingtips.com/between-and-among/comment-page-1/#comment-3658 savita Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:59:19 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/between-and-among/#comment-3658 what about giving the difference between among and amongst here? what about giving the difference between among and amongst here?

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