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** also "in between" | ** also "in between" | ||
* note: see [#among] for difference between ''among'' and ''between'' | * note: see [#among] for difference between ''among'' and ''between'' | ||
=== both === | |||
* in general, used to indicate two of something | |||
** known as a grammatical "dual" | |||
** many languages have singular, dual, and plural cases | |||
*** English dropped the "dual" during the Middle English period | |||
*** but ''both'', ''either'', ''neither'' persisted as references to two of something | |||
== D-E-F == | == D-E-F == |