Farther or Further?

www.engvid.com/ What's the difference between farther and further? Learn about one of the most common grammatical misunderstandings in this quick and easy lesson. Then go a step further and take the quiz: www.engvid.com/farther-further/

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Excellent instructor and explanation. I remember it as farther - distance, further - to continue.

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Merriam-Webster says differently. "... 'further' dominates when there is no sense of distance and as a sentence adverb, but both 'farther' and 'further' are in flourishing use whenever spatial, temporal, or metaphorical distance is involved" (MWDEU). On that basis, both are fine, in both of the examples.

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When I looked it up, it said you can also use "further" for physical distance ("three miles further"). They're treated equally as comparatives of "far" except in some expressions like "Further, we will have to [do such and such]."

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When you refer to the distinction of both words in Merriam-Webster, in 1906, were you referring to the specific distinction mentioned in the video, or any distinction?

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*far*ther is physical distance, It is *far* away.

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I have a question Alex. there is an add by Ford that says : go further. wouldn't be farther even that talk about physical distance. ? thanks in advance

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Well advice and advise in its base verb is basically the same. It just depends whether you are writing in american english or british. I will cite some examples

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You are right about the use of "farther", but "further" could actually be used in both situations.

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Micheal Swan in Practical English Usage, OUP second edition, writes: "We use both farther and further to talk about distance. There is no difference in meaning". (page 199)

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Dear Mr Leng....firstly I much enjoyed your video..i was wondering if you could settle a bet for me please ??.
If you said this race horse has everything in its favour..the trip the ground and this useful little claiming rider takes a further 5lb' off....is that ok ??.my friend says the word further is superfluous as no weight has been taken off before.. I say it's ok because he's talking in a furthermore sense and further can also mean moreso and additional.
Your thoughts would be very much appreciated.

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Hi, thanks for the explanation. As a British English speaker, I don't make a distinction between the two - everything is 'further'. (Pre-1906 English!)

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The way I remember the difference between the two: take the word "farther" which sounds like the word "father" and in the Biblical story "The Prodigal Son" the FATHER runs to the son, which is a physical distance. Therefore, "farther" is for physical distance. I only need to remember that, since "further" is automaticaly the other use -- for figurative distance.

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