The residents’ opposition to the spraying program has rekindled

Answer B clearly

1/. Between X and Y : for 2 things

Among is used only when we have 3 things or more to compare.

2/. Answer B uses between X and Y and parallel structure is also correct

The clear-cut distinction in this question is between the usage of "among" and "between". Since just two things are being compared, one should be using "between" and "and"; thus, making "B" the correct answer choice

The residents’ opposition to the spraying program has rekindled an old debate among those who oppose the use of pesticides and those who feel that the pesticides are necessary to save the trees.

(A) among those who oppose the use of pesticides and

(B) between those who oppose the use of pesticides and

(C) among those opposing the use of pesticides with

(D) between those who oppose the use of pesticides with

(E) among those opposing the use of pesticides and

The key is to identify proper usage of idioms and people involved in an old debate.
Clearly, in this sentence, there are two groups of people, "those who oppose the use of pesticides" and "those who feel that the pesticides are necessary to save the trees"
Given there are two distinct groups, we should use "between", Between A and B

Additional pointer, in the part not, underlined, it uses, "those who ..." To make the sentence more parallel, the first part should also have "those who ..."


Ans: (B)

"those who" is the parallelism. Thus, C and E are out.

Among vs between: From the original sentence, it is more reasonable that the debate is between 2 groups of people, who have different opinions.
Then A is out. D has idiomatic error. Thus, B is the answer.

I am not sure that 2 groups given leading to the use of "between...and..." as the idiom in this case.

Between is used to compare 2 things. Among is used for comparing more than 2 things.
In this particular question, 2 groups are compared- those who oppose the use of pesticides and those who are in favor of the use of pesticides. So between should be used.
Options A,C and E are eliminated.
The correct form is between X and Y. D uses between X with Y which is wrong.
B is the correct choice since the construction is correct.

Official Explanation :

Choices A, C, and E can be faulted for using among in place of between to refer to two factions.

Choices C and D incorrectly use with in place of and .

Also, those opposing in choices C and E is not parallel with those who feel .

Choice B is the best.

B
Because
Among the same group of people
Between two groups of people

And between team a and team b

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The residents’ opposition to the spraying program has rekindled an old debate among those who oppose the use of pesticides and those who feel that the pesticides are necessary to save the trees.

(A) among those who oppose the use of pesticides and

(B) between those who oppose the use of pesticides and --> correct

(C) among those opposing the use of pesticides with

(D) between those who oppose the use of pesticides with

(E) among those opposing the use of pesticides and

This is pretty straight forward. Was able to do it under 19 seconds.
This was my logic-
There was 2 issues for debate so we'll have choose between and not among, so A, C ,E are out.
between X and Y is the correct idiom and not between X with Y so D is out.

B is the correct answer.

The residents’ opposition to the spraying program has rekindled an old debate among those who oppose the use of pesticides and those who feel that the pesticides are necessary to save the trees.

(A) among those who oppose the use of pesticides and

(B) between those who oppose the use of pesticides and

(C) among those opposing the use of pesticides with

(D) between those who oppose the use of pesticides with

(E) among those opposing the use of pesticides and

between is required since we are talking about 2 groups of people

IMO B

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