When to use "between" and "among"

Sherry Fowler is duking out out in a furious E-mail battle; her citations to the unknown grammarian, Mike O'Sullivan, are not being accepted. Apparently, only the Chicago Manual of Style will do.

Say, what about Fowlers Modern English Usage?

Comments

[david giacalone]

As I just suggested to Sherry, Morton S. Freeman's "The Grammatical Lawyer" -- http://www.ali-aba.org/aliaba/b217.htm -- supports her position, as cited and discussed by George Wallace over at Declarations & Exclusions, http://declarationsandexclusions.typepad.com/weblog/2003/10/betwixt_and_bet.html .

For what it's worth, and although Aaron Haspel has recently heaped scorn on my writing ability -- http://www.godofthemachine.com/archives/00000499.html (I'm keeping a zen-like detachment and not responding)-- I'm with George and Sherry on this one.

[Prof. Bainbridge]

Hey Ernie. Link hog that I am, I must confess that Sherry was citing to Mike O'Sullivan's Corp Law Blog not to mine. Cheers, Steve

[Ernie]

Thanks! I made the correction.