 | Adams Sherman Hill - English language - 1902 - 532 pages
...mind is fixed on but two at a time, as " What is the difference between gold and silver and iron ? " " It is still the only word available to express the...collectively and vaguely: we should not say ' the space lying among the three points,' or ' a treaty among three powers,' or ' the choice lies among... | |
 | Otto Jespersen - English language - 1914 - 524 pages
...extended to more than two"; among, which refers to more than two, is now more vague, while between "is still the only word available to express the relation...many surrounding things severally and individually" (NED). When two or more words are added by means of and, between must always be used: between (never... | |
 | Robert Palfrey Utter - English language - 1916 - 298 pages
...determined solely on the basis of the number of objects involved. The Oxford Dictionary says of between: "It is still the only word available to express the...collectively and vaguely : we should not say, ' The space lying among the three points' or 'a treaty among the three powers' ... or 'to insert a needle... | |
 | Alfred Brahde - English language - 1919 - 140 pages
...B, B and C, A and C — eller: b. A and BC, etc.). Cfr. Oxf. »between«, V, 19: »Between expresses the relation of a thing to many surrounding things severally and individually, among a relation to the m collectively and vaguely«. — I et Udtryk som: They had 5s. »between them«... | |
 | Otto Jespersen - English language - 1922 - 526 pages
...extended to more than two"; among, which refers to more than two, is now more vague, while between "if still the only word available to express the relation...many surrounding things severally and individually" (NED). When two or more words are added by means of and, between must always be used: between (never... | |
 | Francis Kingsley Ball - English language - 1923 - 488 pages
...than two persons or things; between is ordinarily used of two objects or two groups of objects, but " is still the only word available to express the relation...expressing a relation to them collectively and vaguely " (Oxford English Dictionary) ; do not use between for after. The following examples are correct :... | |
 | University of Wisconsin. Bureau of educational research - Education - 1926 - 826 pages
...very explicit in this instance.19 The New English Dictionary is quite positive in its assertion that, "In all senses, between has been from its earliest...many surrounding things severally and individually . . ." There are many examples, one of which is added here, "There were six, who collected between... | |
 | Wilfred Whitten - English language - 1924 - 186 pages
...desired to mark the participation of all the parties more definitely than it can be done by among. It is still the only word available to express the...collectively and vaguely. We should not say ' The space lying among three points ' ; or 4 A treaty among three Powers ' ; or ' The choice lies among... | |
 | James Francis Lawson - Constitutional history - 1926 - 408 pages
...small fishes; but what are they among so many?" (John v: 9) The Oxford dictionary says : It [between] is still the only word available to express the relation...expressing a relation to them collectively and vaguely. Is it conceivable that the authors of the Constitution did not know of the existence of the word "between",... | |
 | Claire Kehrwald Cook, Modern Language Association of America - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1985 - 244 pages
...wars between nations, but a common enemy may yet bring peace among them. The OED comments that between "is still the only word available to express the relation...expressing a relation to them collectively and vaguely." between each, between every Although between obviously needs a plural or compound object, illogical... | |
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It is still the only word available to express the relation of a thing to many surrounding things severally and individually, among expressing a relation to them collectively and vaguely: we should not say "the space lying among the three points, " or... 
