SC Declining Enrollments

Cinnia wrote:Is it safe to say that "between" will always pair up with "and" and "either" with "or"?

It just seems strange when you put in a sentence like: "You need to choose between eating an orange and an apple." instead of "You need to choose between eating an orange or an apple."

Cinnia wrote:Declining enrollments are forcing smaller private colleges to choose between raising tuition and the reduction of the staff.

A) same in the sentence
B) between rising tuition and staff reduction
C) between raising tuition or reducing staff
D) between raising tuition and reducing staff
E) between the rise of tuition and the reduction of the staff---- changes the intended meaning

Could someone explain using AND instead of OR with this sentence?

between x and y is the right idiom..........when u use or with between then the use of between becomes senseless as between is basically used to do comparison between two entities..........

Many thanks.