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Among for more than two unless a multiple is considered one side of a pair (e.g., The argument was between the students and the provost, president, and chancellor).
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<div>On Mar 4, 2014, at 3:23 PM, Scott R Campbell <<a href="mailto:scottc@MIT.EDU">scottc@MIT.EDU</a>> wrote:</div>
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This question has been posed to me and I don’t know the answer. Should the word in this sentence be ‘between’ or ‘among’?
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<blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;">Rotating between asphalt, grass and photovoltaic cells, spaces can dynamically shift from city street to park to energy source – on demand.</blockquote>
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<div>‘Between’ sounds right to me but my questioner suggests that when there are more than three, ‘among’ is the right choice. What’s the rule here?</div>
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<div>It’s a caption for this image:</div>
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