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Among and amongst
Modern newspaper style books tell journalists to use among rather than amongst. The rule applies on both sides of the Atlantic as well as in Australia and New Zealand.
While both words are correct, amongst is regarded as old-fashioned and may soon be obsolete. At least one newspaper style book describes it as archaic.
My 50-year-old printed copy of the Oxford Concise Dictionary offers the two words as alternatives.
According to the Oxford Dictionaries website, among is “chiefly British”. This surprised me.
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