Among and amongst
Among and amongst are prepositions. Among means ‘in the middle or included in a larger group of people or things’. Among is commonly followed by a plural noun phrase: I’m not worried about her. She’s living among friends.
I think I’ve got that album among my boxes of CDs upstairs.
Amongst is sometimes used as an alternative to among. It is more formal and less common: The results show that both girls are amongst the top 10% of students in the whole school.
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