"Thompson was there among the rest." This mode of expression, which is very common, literally declares an impossibility. The signification of "the rest" is, those in addition to Thompson, and of which Thompson formed no part; he could not therefore be among them. A more correct form would be, "Thompson was there with the rest."
Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected
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Walton Burgess
