Our best writing tip? Edit for clarity and brevity with WordRake. It’s an automated in-line editor that checks for needless words, cumbersome phrases, clichés, and more.
“Between” usually applies to two entities; and “among” applies to three or more:
The court split the judgment equally between among the three defendants.
But “between” also applies where three or more entities interact two at a time:
The treaty among between the five countries was signed thirty days later.
or where three or more entities divide into two groups:
One pivotal case was among between oil companies Conoco and BP and representatives of the food industry.
Many grammar and usage rules have exceptions; good writers know both.
WordRake is editing software designed by writing expert and New York Times bestselling author Gary Kinder. Like an editor or helpful colleague, WordRake ripples through your document checking for needless words and cumbersome phrases. Its complex algorithms find and improve weak lead-ins, confusing language, and high-level grammar and usage slips.
WordRake runs in Microsoft Word and Outlook, and its suggestions appear in the familiar track-changes style. If you’ve used track changes, you already know how to use WordRake. There’s nothing to learn and nothing to interpret. Editing for clarity and brevity has never been easier.
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