I am typing up formal invitations, and I want to say that transportation will be provided from Point A to Point B (but also from Point B back to Point A).
In order to clear up the to-from/from-to confusion, I tried to use 'between' as follows:
Transportation will be provided between Point A and Point B.
Is it grammatically correct to use between in this manner?
Transportation is really FROM Point A TO Point B — although the car may travel between the two locations (i.e. not at either end point but in the middle), the transportation itself is to/from specific locations.
Another option is to say
Transportation will be provided to and from Point A and Point B.
I am trying to find the most appropriate choice of preposition to accurately convey the meaning, and I was unsuccessful in determining this after searching myself.
Best Answer
First, “grammatically correct” is not something that applies here. Of course it is grammatically correct. That doesn’t mean it’s sensible — nor that it isn’t. This is not a matter of grammar, but of semantics.
So now for semantics, which is all that ever matters. You misunderstand the semantics of between. Your error is thinking that between A and B only applies in the direction A → B, the way from A to B would. It does not. That simply is not how between is normally used. Between implies a reciprocal or bidirectional connection, so A ↔ B in this case.
This is easily seen in statements regarding shuttle services between two or more locations. For example:
So don’t fret. Just use between like everybody else does.