1 'among' and 'between'

If you are among a group of people or things, you are surrounded by them.

• James wandered among his guests.

• Among his baggage was a medicine chest.

You do not say that you are 'among' two people or things. You say that you are between them.

在两个人或物体当中，使用between， 大于两个的人或物体当中，使用among.

• Myra and Barbara sat in the back, the baby between them.

• She put the cigarette between her lips.

• The island is midway between Sao Paulo and Porto Alegre.

2 dividing

You can say that something is divided among or between a group of people. There is no difference in meaning.

在表达‘分开、被分开’的意思时，among或between都可以使用。

• ...his estate, which he di百思特网vided among his brothers and sisters.

• Different scenes from the play are divided between five couples.

Note that the form amongst is somethings used, but is more formal than among.

• I heard that flour was being distributed amongst the citizens.

3 differences

You do not use among when you are talking about differences. You do not say, for example, 'I couldn't see any difference among the tree chairs百思特网9;. You say 'I couldn't see any differences between the three chairs'.

使用be百思特网tween来表达‘不同’，而不使用among。

• There was an important difference between the political analytics and the military ones.

• For the 1997 election, while experts could tell the difference between the three main parties, the computer did not.