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Among my two brothers, Elliot is the tallest.

A. Among my two brothers, Elliot is the tallest.

B. Between my two brothers, Elliot is the tallest.

C. Among my two brothers, Elliot is tall.

D. Among my two brothers, Elliot is the taller.

E. Between my two brothers, Elliot is the taller.


E IMO.

Among is used for more than 2 people so A,C and D are out.
Between B and E taller is to be used
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Among my two brothers, Elliot is the tallest.

A. Among my two brothers, Elliot is the tallest.

B. Between my two brothers, Elliot is the tallest.

C. Among my two brothers, Elliot is tall.

D. Among my two brothers, Elliot is the taller.

E. Between my two brothers, Elliot is the taller.

Do we say :
Between x and y, y is taller.
or
Between x and y, y is the taller.
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Gmatprep998
Among my two brothers, Elliot is the tallest.

A. Among my two brothers, Elliot is the tallest.

B. Between my two brothers, Elliot is the tallest.

C. Among my two brothers, Elliot is tall.

D. Among my two brothers, Elliot is the taller.

E. Between my two brothers, Elliot is the taller.

Do we say :
Between x and y, y is taller.
or
Between x and y, y is the taller.

stne
We use THE when we want to specify something.
I was surfing the internet
I ate the breakfast

General usage is before the nouns, but here you can exclude nouns like countries names. There is much wider usage, but you with reference to your question it's the Former rule.



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