aces
_between_ their pillars where there were statues once.--RUSKIN

What have I, a soldier of the Cross, to do with recollections of
war _betwixt_ Christian nations?--SCOTT.

[Sidenote: _Two groups or one and a group._]

Also _between_ may express relation or connection in speaking of two
groups of objects, or one object and a group; as,--

A council of war is going on beside the watch fire, _between_ the
three adventurers and the faithful Yeo.--KINGSLEY.

The great distinction _between_ teachers sacred or
literary,--_between_ poets like Herbert and poets like
Pope,--_between_ philosophers like Spinoza, Kant, and Coleridge,
and philosophers like Locke, Paley, Mackintosh, and Stewart, etc.
--EMERSON.

460. Certain words are followed by particular prepositions.

Some of these words show by their composition what preposition should
follow. Such are _absolve_, _involve_, _different_.

Some of them have, by custom, come to take prepositions not in keeping
with the original meaning of the words. Such are _derogatory_,
_averse_.

Many words take one preposition to express one meaning, and another to
convey a different meaning; as, _correspond_, _confer_.

And yet others may take several prepositions indifferently to express
the same meaning.

[Sidenote: _List I_.: _Words with particular prepositions_.]

461. LIST I.

Absolve _from_. Conversant _with_.
Abhorrent _to_. Dependent _on_ (_upon_).
Accord _with_. Different _from_.
Acquit _of_. Dissent _from_.
Affinity _between_. Derogatory _to_.
Averse _to_. Deprive _of_.
Bestow _on_ (_upon_). Independent _of_.
Conform _to_. Involve _in_.
Comply _with_.

"Different _to_" is frequently heard in spoken English in England,
and sometimes creeps into standard books, but it is not good usage.

[Sidenote: _List II_.: _Words taking different prepositions for
different meanings._]

462. LIST II.

Agree _with_ (a person). Differ _from_ (note below).
Agree _to_ (a proposal). Differ _with_ (note below).
Change_ for_ (a thing). Disappointed _in_ (a thing
Change _with_ (a person). obtained).
Change _to_ (become). Disappointed _of_ (a thing not
Confer _with_ (talk with). ob