RE: the liaison between or the liaison among??

["Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>]

Nope -- Mrs. Mintz was very clear about this one back in 10th grade. You
can't stand *between* three people. If you stand between two people and
one of them throws a pillow at the other, it hits you instead. If you
stand *among* three or more people, they can hit each other willy-nilly.

The same goes for communications: At the same time that you're
clarifying to Bob what Anne really meant, Charlie is telling Dora
something that you don't hear. You can't serve as a conduit *between*
all four of them; but if you understand that limitation, you can work
*among* them very well.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Hood
> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 3:30 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Re: the liaison between or the liaison among??
> 
> My $0.02:  Use "between."  The word "among" makes me think of 
> being "within." A cat among the pigeons is among them, but it 
> surely is not working to help them effect information transfer.
> 
> The word "between" has connotations of being in position as a 
> sort of conduit, which is, I think, slightly more descriptive 
> of a liaison's work.
> 

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