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I’m trying to decide between the green shirt, the blue shirt, and the black
shirt.
I’m trying to decide among these three shirts.
These sentences are the same – but in the first sentence, we specifically name each
of the three options (the green shirt, the blue shirt, and the black shirt) – so we use
the word between. In the second sentence, we treat the items as a group (“these
three shirts”) so we use the word among.
You can find more information and examples here:
Grammar Girl: “Between” Versus
“Among”
Which is correct: “Between you and I” or “Between you and me”?
The correct phrase is “between you and me” – never “between you and I” – this is
something that even native speakers confuse!
This expression is used when you want the other person to keep some information a
secret, for example:
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