between...and.../between... to... (2025)

Hi,

1) Adult fishers weigh between 3 to 7 kgs.

2) Adult fishers weigh between 3 and 7 kgs.

It seems that "to" and "and" are interchangeable in this case, but I'm not sure about it. Can anyone help me with this?

danjr said:

One thing though, did you mean "fish" instead of "fishers"?

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Hi danjr,

I did mean "fishers," a kind of mammal.

Copyright said:

There are two constructions in my world.
Between... and.
From... to.

Adult fishers weigh between 3 and 7 kilograms.
Adult fishers weigh from 3 to 7 kilograms.

Having said that, I've certainly heard "between...to" versions.

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Hi Copyright,
How about we use them this way:

1) This fisher weighs between 3 and 7 kilos.

2) These three fishers weigh between 3 to 7 kilos.

Copyright said:

There are two constructions in my world.
Between... and.
From... to.

Adult fishers weigh between 3 and 7 kilograms.
Adult fishers weigh from 3 to 7 kilograms.

Having said that, I've certainly heard "between...to" versions.

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I'm with Copyright. "Between...to..." doesn't really make much sense to me, although I suppose some people probably say it. "Between" is setting a limit in this type of context, in my opinion. "Run between this post and that post" means run in the space that is delimited by those two posts. "Run between this post to that post" doesn't make much sense. Even though the context supplied is weight and not distance I think the same imagery applies.

easychen said:

Hi Copyright,
How about we use them this way:

1) This fisher weighs between 3 and 7 kilos.
2) These three fishers weigh between 3 to 7 kilos.

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No, sorry. In #1, if you have one fisher, I'm going to assume you're weighing him or her. Or can at least guess his weight a little closer than that.

And in #2, all three fishers together weigh between 3 and 7 kilos.

And remember my world? You don't use "between... to" constructions, so I'm not likely to approve anything like that no matter how much they weigh.

Plus, in these examples, you've gone completely away from your original sentences where you had "adult" fishers -- now you have fishers of all ages, including babies.

When you have a weight range, you're talking in generalities, so if that's what you mean, I would suggest you use my previous examples.