You grow old and die anyway. And then there's everything you have to endure in between/inbetween: grief, loneliness, sickness.
What's the correct choice? And why?
Answer
Between on its own is a preposition while in-between functions more like an adverb.
We usually use between before the object it refers to:
Between life and death is a long, hard life.
In-between normally comes after the thing it refers to, like in your example.
Here is another example using in between:
I couldn't find my key anywhere, not under the sofa or the chair next to it. Then as I stood up, I saw it glistening in between.
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