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السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته
Among and Between
نقلت لكم هاته القاعدة البسيطة و السهلة و هي الفرق بين between و among و متى نستعمل إحداهما بدلاُ من الأخرى
When we talk about the two words between and among, we have to put in mind that these two words are prepositions of place and both have the same meaning
هما حرفا جر للمكان تعنيان "بين"
Now we come to our point, where is the difference between these two words?
الآن وصلنا إلى النقطة الأساسية، أين وجه الاختلاف بين هاتين الكلمتين؟
Between in used to tell the place of something that is in the middle of two things
يعني هذه الكلمة نستعملها عندما نريد ان نحدد مكان شيء يقع بين غرضيْن أو مكانيْن أو شخصين أو مجموعتين من الأشياء
Example 1: Ahmad is sitting between Ali and Fadi.
أي أن أحمد يجلس بين شخصين هما علي و فادي.
Example 2: The river is between the houses and the trees.
النهر يقع بين البيوت و الأشجار.
Example 3: I saw a cat hiding between the two boxes.
رأيت قطة تختبئ بين الصندوقيْن.
As for “among”, we use this word to tell the place of
something within three things or more.
تستعمل “among” لتحديد مكان شيء يقع بين ثلاثة أو أكثر من الأشياء أو الأشخاص أو الأماكن إلخ...
Example 1: Ahmad is sitting among his friends. (friends = more than 2)
أحمد يجلس بين رفاقه.
Example 2: There was a cat hiding among the trees
كان هناك قطة تختبئ بين الأشجار.
Example 3: “Mahjong” was among the games I downloaded today.
“Mahjong” كانت من بين الألعاب التي قمت بتنزيلها اليوم.
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Not Really. According to Merriam-Webster, America's foremost publisher of languag*-related reference works, this is the difference of usage:
There is a persistent but unfounded notion that between can be used only of two items and that among must be used for more than two. Between has been used of more than two since Old English; it is especially appropriate to denote a one-to-one relationship, regardless of the number of items. It can be used when the number is unspecified <economic cooperation between nations>, when more than two are enumerated <between you and me and the lamppost> <partitioned between Austria, Prussia, and Russia — Nathaniel Benchley>, and even when only one item is mentioned (but repetition is implied) <pausing between every sentence to rap the floor — George Eliot>. Among is more appropriate where the emphasis is on distribution rather than individual relationships <dis******* among the peasants>. When among is automatically chosen for more than two, English idiom may be strained <a worthy book that nevertheless falls among many stools — John Simon> <the author alternates among modern slang, clichés and quotes from literary giants — A. H. Johnston>.
source:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/between
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2010-08-20, 22:46
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