FURTHER VS. FARTHER

 

Matthaeus

Vemortuicida strenuus

  • Civis Illustris

  • Patronus

Location:
Varsovia
Just out of curiosity, is there any semantic difference between the two adverbs? I see them often used interchangeably.
 

Iohannes Aurum

Technicus Auxiliarius

  • Technicus Auxiliarius

Location:
Torontum, Ontario, Canada
Some usage guides distinguish farther and further, with farther referring to distance, and further referring to degree or time. Others, such as the OED, recommend farther as a comparative form of far and further for use when it is not comparative.
 

Chamaeleo

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Location:
Melbourne
I don’t use ‘farther’ at all. But those funny people who use it use it in a more restricted sense than ‘further’. They’d use it as the comparative of ‘far’, but they wouldn’t say ‘farther information’.
 

Keera

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Chamaeleo dixit:
But those funny people who use it use it in a more restricted sense than ‘further’. They’d use it as the comparative of ‘far’, but they wouldn’t say ‘farther information’.
That is exactly how I use "farther". I am one of those funny people.
 
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