Many people will tell you that 'between' is for two things and 'among' is for three or more. This is not strictly true. Take for example, one of the commonest mistakes that questioners make here on italki: "What is the difference among 'look' 'watch' and 'see'?" This question is incorrect. Even though there are three elements involved, the question should be "What is the difference BETWEEN 'look' 'watch' and 'see'?" Why? Because in a question such as this, we are thinking of the three words as distinct elements - we want to consider the words individually, and describe the difference between A and B, B and C, and A and C. Don't believe anybody who tells you that you can't use 'between' for three things - the reality is that we can use 'between' for three, four or twenty things if we are considering them separately. We use 'among' for larger numbers of elements when we are not thinking of them as separate items. 'Among' can often be translated as 'surrounded by' or 'in the middle of'. Here are some examples:http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/among. I hope that helps.

Between - two people, among - many ppl

We use between when we are talking about two things or people: Ex: The Tv is between the lamps (two lamps) Ex: I'm among the trees (Many trees).

Hi Gabriel, looks like you have the short and medium size answers (both correct, by the way). In the link below, the long answer for your question: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1723_gramchallenge46/ Cheers, Gaston