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  • You could use either of them. Between is normally used with only two options but can be used with many. Among can be used with either number (greater than) of options, although the dictionary suggests three or more.

    Between

    preposition

    (4) with reference to a choice or differentiation involving two or more things being considered together: “you have to choose between two or three different options”

    Among

    preposition

    (4) indicating a division, choice, or differentiation involving three or more participants:
    “the old king called the princesses to divide his kingdom among them”

    When using verbs that give the impression of looking then between suggests gaps rather than items themselves.

    What you

    are looking for is between the islands. This means

    that what is sought is not on the islands, so in the water.

    Your example of

    Find a new job between the posted jobs.

    gives me the impression that the posted jobs will not hold the job I am looking for, but it will perhaps be on the job board itself, rather than the individual postings.

    Given this expectation that between raises, I recommend among over between (for your sentence)

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  • You could use either of them. Between is normally used with only two options but can be used with many. Among can be used with either number (greater than) of options, although the dictionary suggests three or more.

    Between

    preposition

    (4) with reference to a choice or differentiation involving two or more things being considered together: “you have to choose between two or three different options”

    Among

    preposition

    (4) indicating a division, choice, or differentiation involving three or more participants:
    “the old king called the princesses to divide his kingdom among them”

    When using verbs that give the impression of looking then between suggests gaps rather than items themselves.

    What you

    are looking for is between the islands. This means

    that what is sought is not on the islands, so in the water.

    Your example of

    Find a new job between the posted jobs.

    gives me the impression that the posted jobs will not hold the job I am looking for, but it will perhaps be on the job board itself, rather than the individual postings.

    Given this expectation that between raises, I recommend among over between (for your sentence)

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  • You could use either of them. Between is normally used with only two options but can be used with many. Among can be used with either number (greater than) of options, although the dictionary suggests three or more.

    Between

    preposition

    (4) with reference to a choice or differentiation involving two or more things being considered together: “you have to choose between two or three different options”

    Among

    preposition

    (4) indicating a division, choice, or differentiation involving three or more participants:
    “the old king called the princesses to divide his kingdom among them”

    When using verbs that give the impression of looking then between suggests gaps rather than items themselves.

    What you

    are looking for is between the islands. This means

    that what is sought is not on the islands, so in the water.

    Your example of

    Find a new job between the posted jobs.

    gives me the impression that the posted jobs will not hold the job I am looking for, but it will perhaps be on the job board itself, rather than the individual postings.

    Given this expectation that between raises, I recommend among over between (for your sentence)

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  • You could use either of them. Between is normally used with only two options but can be used with many. Among can be used with either number (greater than) of options, although the dictionary suggests three or more.

    Between

    preposition

    (4) with reference to a choice or differentiation involving two or more things being considered together: “you have to choose between two or three different options”

    Among

    preposition

    (4) indicating a division, choice, or differentiation involving three or more participants:
    “the old king called the princesses to divide his kingdom among them”

    When using verbs that give the impression of looking then between suggests gaps rather than items themselves.

    What you

    are looking for is between the islands. This means

    that what is sought is not on the islands, so in the water.

    Your example of

    Find a new job between the posted jobs.

    gives me the impression that the posted jobs will not hold the job I am looking for, but it will perhaps be on the job board itself, rather than the individual postings.

    Given this expectation that between raises, I recommend among over between (for your sentence)

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  • Asked on December 22, 2021 in Meaning.

    What does finance mean?

    The pair are talking about a case where they were adversaries. When Peter and Neal’s Forgeries were discovered, the FBI would catch them. Peter would start talking to the FBI. Immediately.

    In order for Peter to properly see Neal, he needed to make sure the forgeries were accepted as real bonds, so the FBI put up the money that the cashing of the bonds would have generated if they hadn’t been detected as forgeries, i.e. $65 and $58 dollars. These bonds were forged from fictitious assets. They are now back in stock, so they are being used in real estate. They bankrolled, and they

    loaned the bonds to be issued.

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  • Asked on December 20, 2021 in Single word requests.

    To make code look like an IDE, Stack Overflow or GitHub was code highlighting or syntax highlighting (under editing).

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  • Asked on December 19, 2021 in Single word requests.

    To make code look like an IDE, Stack Overflow or GitHub was code highlighting or syntax highlighting (under editing).

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  • Asked on May 23, 2021 in Phrases.

    It’s true that some people say it’s true that it’s better to be lucky than good. But that’s not the case.

    A popular phrase is a sentiment that is common in modern day English and there are many variations on this phrase.

    Google Ngrams picks up “lucky next good” only as far back as 1927:

    Or else it proves that the De Havilland firm are very lucky, which is also a point in their favour, if it be true that it is better to be born lucky than good.

    “I’d rather

    be luckier than good” is the quote from a 1947 New Yorker story. “The breaks”, George said of this.

    I would rather be lucky than good. ”

    Excerpt link

    Here “the breaks” refer to the breaks people get into something, e.g. Getting into something. ” Who is the biggest show business? Why did people want to be where they are now, but that’s not a good thing.

    The generalised concept that it’s better to be lucky than I have found at the end of the 18th century in this Google Ngram :

    I think what I have long thought, that it is better to be lucky than wise.

    Is good

    luck better than good at the task you’re attempting? Good in this sense means good at something.

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  • Asked on May 22, 2021 in Phrases.

    It’s true that some people say it’s true that it’s better to be lucky than good. But that’s not the case.

    A popular phrase is a sentiment that is common in modern day English and there are many variations on this phrase.

    Google Ngrams picks up “lucky next good” only as far back as 1927:

    Or else it proves that the De Havilland firm are very lucky, which is also a point in their favour, if it be true that it is better to be born lucky than good.

    “I’d rather

    be luckier than good” is the quote from a 1947 New Yorker story. “The breaks”, George said of this.

    I would rather be lucky than good. ”

    Excerpt link

    Here “the breaks” refer to the breaks people get into something, e.g. Getting into something. ” Who is the biggest show business? Why did people want to be where they are now, but that’s not a good thing.

    The generalised concept that it’s better to be lucky than I have found at the end of the 18th century in this Google Ngram :

    I think what I have long thought, that it is better to be lucky than wise.

    Is good

    luck better than good at the task you’re attempting? Good in this sense means good at something.

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  • Asked on May 21, 2021 in Phrases.

    It’s true that some people say it’s true that it’s better to be lucky than good. But that’s not the case.

    A popular phrase is a sentiment that is common in modern day English and there are many variations on this phrase.

    Google Ngrams picks up “lucky next good” only as far back as 1927:

    Or else it proves that the De Havilland firm are very lucky, which is also a point in their favour, if it be true that it is better to be born lucky than good.

    “I’d rather

    be luckier than good” is the quote from a 1947 New Yorker story. “The breaks”, George said of this.

    I would rather be lucky than good. ”

    Excerpt link

    Here “the breaks” refer to the breaks people get into something, e.g. Getting into something. ” Who is the biggest show business? Why did people want to be where they are now, but that’s not a good thing.

    The generalised concept that it’s better to be lucky than I have found at the end of the 18th century in this Google Ngram :

    I think what I have long thought, that it is better to be lucky than wise.

    Is good

    luck better than good at the task you’re attempting? Good in this sense means good at something.

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