further vs. farther
Decombust Dictionary
Eric Walker
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> Is there any difference between these two words?
You would not likely get in trouble using either wherever you
might want one or the other. Many people, however, like to
make this distinction: "farther" when there is a distance,
either a real distance or the clear concept of distance,
involved, and "further" when the sense is largely removed
from an actual stretch.
Three miles farther on we came to an inn.
As his thoughts wandered farther from her being gone,
his depression faded.
We can do nothing further without better information.
Zeppo: Will there be anything further, father?
Groucho: Surely that should be anything father further?
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Cordially,
Eric Walker, webmaster
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http://owlcroft.com/sfandf
Odysseus
>
> Decombust Dictionary wrote:
> >
> > Is there any difference between these two words?
>
> You would not likely get in trouble using either wherever you
> might want one or the other. Many people, however, like to
> make this distinction: "farther" when there is a distance,
> either a real distance or the clear concept of distance,
> involved, and "further" when the sense is largely removed
> from an actual stretch.
>
> Three miles farther on we came to an inn.
>
> As his thoughts wandered farther from her being gone,
> his depression faded.
>
> We can do nothing further without better information.
>
> Zeppo: Will there be anything further, father?
> Groucho: Surely that should be anything father further?
>
two, and could replace "farther" in the first two examples; "farther"
tends to be restricted as you say, not as suitable to the uses meaning
"more" without the notion of separation in space or time.
--Odysseus
ALTOWNEND
further increase in petrol'.
'farther' is a comparative of 'far' meaning 'more distant' as in: 'There's
another shop farther down the road.'