ADPUF wrote:
> 00:37, martedì 1 luglio 2008, John Briggs:
>> ADPUF wrote:
>>> 22:53, lunedì 30 giugno 2008, John Briggs:
>>>> minimus wrote:
>>>>> Which one is correct?
>>>>>
>>>>> Alternate between three things
>>>>>
>>>>> Alternate among three things
>>>> Neither: alternate between two things.
>>> Suppose you have a three phase electric power system: you can
>>> alternate each one of the three phases to connect a
>>> mono-phase load every day to a different one of them.
>> "Alternate" is only correctly used for two choices.
>
>
> Really?
>
This is my reading of the dictionary definition form teh Merriam-Webster
Dictionary:
1: occurring or succeeding by turns <a day of alternate sun****ne and rain>
2 a: arranged first on one side and then on the other at different
levels or points along an axial line <alternate leaves> — compare
opposite
b: arranged one above or alongside the other
3: every other : every second <he works on alternate days>
4: constituting an alternative <took the alternate route home>
5: alternative
Regards, Einde O'Callaghan
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