Between and Among
I do not understand why in the following sentence, it uses between instead of among:
I divided the cake equally between all the children at the table
Thank you!
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Hi Maria,
As far as I can tell, both "between" and "among" would work here. Was there something specific that caught your attention in this example?
Some useful blog posts on using among & between:
https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2015/06/29/grammar-myths-among-or-between/
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/between-or-among
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