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Discover LudwigThe phrase "alternative between" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It is typically used incorrectly as "alternative" implies a choice, but "between" suggests a comparison of two distinct options.
Example: "You can choose between two alternatives: going to the movies or staying home."
Alternatives: "choice between" or "options among".
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3.53pm: Second, some MPs think the post should alternative between Labour and the Conservatives.
Or a family outing to the idyllic Malibu-style Vespucci Beach is another alternative between heists.
Tacitus put his finger on it: "Those who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall".
Consequently, there was an urgent need for a feasible alternative between modern intensive agriculture and organic agriculture, which could maintain crop yield, improve soil fertility, and decrease labor intensity.
'Hybrid regionalism' puts forward an alternative between old regionalism (in terms of a holistic tier of regional government above local authorities) and new regionalism (or complete reliance on voluntary collaboration for self-interest).
The main aim of this study was to evaluate, in the design phase, the most environmentally sound alternative between two on-site small-scale wastewater treatment systems (designed for 15 inhabitants), namely an activated sludge compact system and a constructed wetland system (both in linear low-density polyethylene), using Life Cycle Assessment.
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President Obama's strategy had been to cast the campaign as a choice between alternative futures.
And there are alternatives between doing nothing and declaring war.
There are realistic alternatives between doing nothing and declaring unilateral or immediate war.
One diplomat said, "The Macedonians seem to think they have no alternatives between doing nothing and an all-out assault".
Tiny things undermine the effect here – the irrelevant nautical associations of crows' nests; the ugly improbability of a bruised, "monstrous", "blackish purple moon" (the translators have chosen the wrong dictionary alternatives between enormous and monstrous, and crimson and purple).
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