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Hi, there
Let’s say I am at a seven eleven and I am looking to get coffee. Should I say “The dark roast is all gone. so i got/took the Colombian”... or “There isn’t any dark roast left, so I got/took the Colombian” or “There isn’t any OF the dark roast left, so I took/got the Colombian”?
Please, between (or should I say AMONG?) THESE, which is right?
Thank you!
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All of the phrases are fine and perfectly natural. I just want to check what you mean by 'took' though. Do you mean you took a bag of coffee beans of the shelf? In English, to take isn't used to refer to food or drink normally. You can take tablets but to take coffee would imply that you picked up coffee and moved it from the original location.
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In a general sense you would use the word "between" when you are referring to specific or individually identified people/objects and the word "among" when talking about things as a group or not distingushed from eachother.
E.g "He had to choose between the Colombian and the Dark Roast."
E.g "There wasn't much variety among the coffee beans."
Hope that helps :)
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