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Grammar Entry 680 / 1605 60-second read

Amongst vs. Among

Same dialect pattern.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

“Amongst friends, we speak freely.”

✓ Correct

“Among friends, we speak freely.”

The ruleii

US: AMONG. UK: either.

AMONGST is British. AMONG is standard elsewhere.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

US style = among.

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