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by [email protected] » Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:43 am
Which of the following sentence is correct?

1.The ball fell between three fielders
2.The ball fell among three fielders.
3. The ball fell in between the three fielders.

Please explain as to why one is correct and others are wrong?
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by gmat740 » Sat Aug 01, 2009 9:42 am
Between is used when we deal with 2 entities
Among is used when dealing with more than 2 entities
So, 1 is wrong.
1.The ball fell between three fielders


(2) is wrong because of wrong construction. I prefer to say, the balls were distributed among three fielders.
2.The ball fell among three fielders.


3. The ball fell in between the three fielders.
This is correct.

Hope this helps
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by [email protected] » Sat Aug 01, 2009 12:19 pm
I am not clear as to why 3 is correct and what is the fault in 2?
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by gmat740 » Sat Aug 01, 2009 5:53 pm
Please check the following links. I hope that would help you.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/between

in between is used for the space between and so (3) is correct

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/in_between
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