among & amongst
Could some of you make things clear for me about this preposition, what difference you make between among and amongst ? Furthermore, I learnt not very long ago the word "amid", which seems to be synonym. And today, what a surprise, I discovered that there was "amidst" too. Can we use each of them indifferently ? And does the suffix "st" in amongst and amidst have a common meaning, or role ?
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28 Feb. 2013