Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Grammar Girl, Grammar Girl's, QDnow, and Quick and Dirty Tips are all trademarks of Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Toward versus towards and between versus among. villefort grammar It doesn't appear "grammar girl" is qualified to be a grammar informing girl. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/between-versus-among.aspx?commentid=20866#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/between-versus-among.aspx?commentid=20866#Comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:32:30 GMT Ashley grammar among vs. amongst: To me, amongst is reflexive. You say "they talked amongst themselves", rather "they talked among themselves". Another thing I want to mention is that "they talked amongst themselves", is different from "they talked amongst them". You just wouldn't say that. For one, the meaning changes, as they are talking among, in this case meaning near or in the vicinity of, them, with them being something aside from those who are doing the talking. Cases like this are important in legal documents, errors like that can really screw things up! So, you would say "they talked among them", and never "they talked among themselves", no matter the case it just would never work. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/between-versus-among.aspx?commentid=19991#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/between-versus-among.aspx?commentid=19991#Comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:27:55 GMT Ashley grammar among vs. amongst: To me, amongst is reflexive. You say "they talked amongst themselves", rather "they talked among themselves". Another thing I want to mention is that "they talked amongst themselves", is different from "they talked amongst them". You just wouldn't say that. For one, the meaning changes, as they are talking among, in this case meaning near or in the vicinity of, them, with them being something aside from those who are doing the talking. Cases like this are important in legal documents, errors like that can really screw things up! So, you would say "they talked among them", and never "they talked among themselves", no matter the case it just would never work. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/between-versus-among.aspx?commentid=19978#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/between-versus-among.aspx?commentid=19978#Comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:13:53 GMT Michael grammar Any chance that the errors pointed out by numerous commenters will be addressed? http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/between-versus-among.aspx?commentid=19788#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/between-versus-among.aspx?commentid=19788#Comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:35:03 GMT Gail Perry Johnston grammar I am so happy to have found you! I just googled, "when to use toward vs. towards" and your site came up. Thanks! Gail www.socialcausediet.com http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/between-versus-among.aspx?commentid=18580#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/between-versus-among.aspx?commentid=18580#Comments Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:20:27 GMT marina grammar It's about the word tween. It's a new word to me has it been used long? Anyway the idea of it being for kids between the ages of 8 to 14, how can you be a tween and a teen at the same time? (teens being 13 to 19) I guess one teen no(13) would have to be in there to explain the een of the word tween but not two. What I mean is I think that a tween should include only 8 to 13. Thanks http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/between-versus-among.aspx?commentid=18231#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/between-versus-among.aspx?commentid=18231#Comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:36:13 GMT Rex grammar "Steve dreaded choosing between the bees and the tweens" means picking a group whereas "Steve dreaded choosing among the bees and the tweens" means picking one single bee or tween out of the two groups. I agree with Dr. No that the two words have different meanings. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/between-versus-among.aspx?commentid=17591#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/between-versus-among.aspx?commentid=17591#Comments Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:52:01 GMT Kurt grammar Thanks for the clarification! English can be stupid sometimes (or is it "sometime"?) :) http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/between-versus-among.aspx?commentid=17207#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/between-versus-among.aspx?commentid=17207#Comments Fri, 29 May 2009 14:04:24 GMT shalini.er grammar good http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/between-versus-among.aspx?commentid=16545#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/between-versus-among.aspx?commentid=16545#Comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:38:25 GMT metoo! grammar Wow. You could not be more wrong. A simple check of a reliable source, rather than relying on 'Allison' would be a big help. Even Merriam-Webster (not my dictionary of choice, as I'm Canadian) states that 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" http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/between-versus-among.aspx?commentid=16544#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/between-versus-among.aspx?commentid=16544#Comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:35:50 GMT Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:32:30 GMT http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/between-versus-among.aspx feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Managing Editor) feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Webmaster) en-us