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  2. From: Mildred_Thill@ACT.EDUC.UALBERTA.CA (Mildred Thill)
  3. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  4. Subject: between, among
  5. Message-ID: <Mildred_Thill-240738131021@madadm02.educ.ualberta.ca>
  6. Date: 26 Jan 93 22:11:37 GMT
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  12.  
  13. A few days ago, a parents group I belong to got into a bit of an arguement
  14. about how to use beween and among. Some of us thought that between should
  15. be used only when referring to two things, but not three or more. However
  16. some said that in the sentence, "We want to improve communication among
  17. teachers, parents and the members of the community", 'between' would work
  18. just as well, with the proviso that it emphasized the two way communication
  19. between each possible pair in the group.
  20.