Comments on: further/farther http://www.grammarerrors.com/word-choice/furtherfarther/ Common usage errors in English Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:18:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Amy http://www.grammarerrors.com/word-choice/furtherfarther/comment-page-1/#comment-891 Amy Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:53:58 +0000 http://www.grammarerrors.com/wordpress/?p=30#comment-891 Thank you very much! This website helps a lot. Thank you very much! This website helps a lot.

]]> By: Aladdin http://www.grammarerrors.com/word-choice/furtherfarther/comment-page-1/#comment-701 Aladdin Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:14:01 +0000 http://www.grammarerrors.com/wordpress/?p=30#comment-701 I think itz actually pretty common to mix these two , and my secondary school english teacher also doesn't seem to care about it I think itz actually pretty common to mix these two , and my secondary school english teacher also doesn’t seem to care about it

]]> By: Astor http://www.grammarerrors.com/word-choice/furtherfarther/comment-page-1/#comment-697 Astor Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:03:03 +0000 http://www.grammarerrors.com/wordpress/?p=30#comment-697 Sorry, if my question is stupid. Sorry, if my question is stupid.

]]> By: Astor http://www.grammarerrors.com/word-choice/furtherfarther/comment-page-1/#comment-696 Astor Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:57:53 +0000 http://www.grammarerrors.com/wordpress/?p=30#comment-696 As a foreigner I can`t catch the both sentences: 1) "I have to drive farther to work than to school." My office is a longer way to get to than the school. And I have to work and study both. Or I have to go farther to another city to earn money because I can`t go to the school any more? 2)" The student read further in the textbook." Did anyone interrupted him from reading? And then he continued reading further. Or reading bored him and he moved to another page (from page 5 to 20)? Sorry if my question stupid. As a foreigner I can`t catch the both sentences:
1) “I have to drive farther to work than to school.”
My office is a longer way to get to than the school. And I have to work and study both.
Or I have to go farther to another city to earn money because I can`t go to the school any more?

2)” The student read further in the textbook.”
Did anyone interrupted him from reading? And then he continued reading further.
Or reading bored him and he moved to another page (from page 5 to 20)?
Sorry if my question stupid.

]]> By: Gerry Puchalski http://www.grammarerrors.com/word-choice/furtherfarther/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Gerry Puchalski Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:47:44 +0000 http://www.grammarerrors.com/wordpress/?p=30#comment-61 The same distinction holds true when used as an adjective. "I live in the farther city." "Nothing could be further from the truth." As far as I know, only further can be used as a verb. You can "further your education", but you can't "farther your trash from the house to the curb". The same distinction holds true when used as an adjective.
“I live in the farther city.”
“Nothing could be further from the truth.”
As far as I know, only further can be used as a verb.
You can “further your education”, but you can’t “farther your trash from the house to the curb”.

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