“Between A and B” or “from A to B” As written, 'between 1 and 10, exclusive' would exclude both end values (and would be better written as 'between 2 and 9' or '2 to 9'. 'More than one, up to ten' and 'One or more, but less than ten' would cover the two half-open ranges reasonably unambiguously, as would '2 to 10' and '1 to 9'. I've mixed numbers and words horribly in the answer -- oops!