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Dear Ms. Elaine, I did a google search for the difference between farther and further and your site came up. Thanks for your help, the site was very clear! I guess I can now write correctly at a 9th-grade level, should help me out with the Ph.D. I'm starting on this term :-);
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www.lessontutor.com/eesfarther.html
www.lessontutor.com/eesfarther.html
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Farther means "more distant" and is usually measurable, as in these examples: Is El Paso farther from Dallas or Los Angeles? John decided to climb farther into the cave. Sometimes farther can be used more figuratively, such as: M...
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further is used in conjuction with the word "more", meaning exactly that...more. Farther is a function of distance. Examples: I want to further my career. How much farther do I need to run to get to the finish line. The farther I ...
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Farther denotes physical advancement in distance. Further denotes advancement to greater degree, as in time.
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Unlike further/farther, nothing is immediately obvious from this data regarding the relative usage of lie and lay. However, a geographic difference is visible: Oz News has a pattern very different from ... As with the choice between further/farther, this can be interpreted as a natural tendency inserting itself on the fly.
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www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/76-451/watts.html
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Do you have questions about word histories or other philological concerns? Ask us. ... What is the difference between further and farther? ... The most interesting piece in all this is that the distinction described above between further and farther is quite recent. They both derive from the same word.
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Hi, Is there any difference between further and farther or do they mean exectly the same thing? Is it an American English/British English thing? Thanks! ... further, farther gjo123 Ask a Teacher 5 23-Oct-2005 04:54...
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www.usingenglish.com/forum/ask-teacher/17818-further-vs...
www.usingenglish.com/forum/ask-teacher/17818-further-vs-farther.html
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For more on how to use some of these see the Common Mistakes section on good/well and bad/badly. Also see Common Mistakes section for the difference between further and farther and between littlest and least.
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englishplus.com/grammar/00000033.htm
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Strunk's Manual of Style Wondering if you're using words correctly? Do you know the difference between farther and further? Is "irregardless" a word? Find out here!
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