Grade 10 Grammar Lesson 41 More prepositions (2)

• What is the difference between the prepositions ‘between’ and ‘among’?
  What does the phrase ‘among other things’ mean?
  Which is more preferable: ‘near’ or ‘close to’?
  Do ‘by’, ‘beside’ and ‘next to’ mean the same?
  
  
•  We normally use between as a preposition of place to mean a position flanked by two things or people.
•  We also use between with more than two people or things when we look at them as separate individuals.
•  We usually use among to show a position within more than two things or people.
•  Among is used when we look at the group as a mass rather than separate individuals.
•  We use among, not between when we mean to say ‘one/some of’, ‘out of’ and ‘occurring in’.
•  We also use the phrase among other things to mean ‘apart from other things’.
•  We use either near or close to to mean ‘not far away’. We usually prefer near or close to when relating something to a place
•  We use ‘by, beside, or next to’ to mean that one thing or person is at the side of another.

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