Consider the below three sentences. Which is correct ?

• They had to choose between oranges or apples.
• They had to choose between oranges to apples.
• They had to choose between oranges and apples.

Between is with two people or things. "Between" is used with "and". Never use "to" with "between".

Hence, the correct sentence is "They had to choose between oranges and apples".

For the first sentence, If you are to use "or",  the correct sentence should be "They had to choose either oranges or apples".

For the second sentence, "to" has to go with "from".  However, In this example, if we do the replacements, the sentence "They had to choose from oranges to apples" does not make sense at all.

Tip

One easy way to know what to use after "between" is to remember that 2 objects with the word "and" between them.

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