▲成立于1998年，以致力于帮助人们享受并有效使用英语为己任的美国Portico Books 明确指出：“Between” should be followed by a plural noun or pronoun, or by nouns and/or pronouns joined by “and”:

Nonstandard: The Super Bowl features a spectacular half-time show between the game. (“between” followed by a singular noun)

Standard: The Super Bowl features a spectacular show between the two halves of the game. (“between” followed by plural “halves”)

Standard: The Super Bowl features a spectacular show between the first half and the second half. (“between” followed by compound object joined by “and”)

Nonstandard: I couldn't decide between the shrimp or the steak.

Standard: I couldn't decide between the shrimp and the steak.（注意在这个否定句中依然如此。）

▲当然，尽管这样，依然可见一些不规范的用法（用or 代替and），有人认为这仅仅是个人风格问题，不过我的建议是最好不用or。