Farther vs. Further

[JVS]

What's the dilly yo?

Anyone care to explain how to select the appropriate comparative?

[NightTrain]

1. "Farther" refers to measurable distance, like "one mile farther to go."

"Further" refers to that which cannot be measured, such as, "We'll talk further."

Hope that helps! :)

[PartyPooper]

4. Thank you, NightTrain!

This is one of my biggest pet peeves!


:hi:

[JVS]

6. What about something which could be measured but isn't

Complete this sentence

"if you don't quit complaining about the NYPD's respect for your rights the plunger is only going to be pushed ___________ up your ass"

[NightTrain]

12. What did I say? "Measurable distance."

As such, the word in your sentence would be "farther."

On the other hand, you also could say, "I don't want to hear anything further about that plunger going up your ass."

[Guaranteed]

16. Actually

I vote for "further" on that one. :P

[HEyHEY]

2. You bring up a much more important question

What is a "dilly"?

:-)

[JVS]

7. I think it means "deal"

[HEyHEY]

9. I'm so out of the loop

[JVS]

10. Duh, you're from Canada.

Great place. At the cutting edge of Hockey, curling, and leading the industrialized world in the field of cheap lapdances. Sadly though, Canada is not where slang terms originate. I believe the high point of Canadian slang exports was when people saw "Strange Brew" and started calling everyone hosers.

[HEyHEY]

13. Hmm, so you've been here eh?

Yeah, I was young when that came out - but I'm pretty sure no one got called a hoser back in 1982 - then that movie came out.

[Senior citizen]

3. Farther is a rich kid's daddy

and Further is a bus.

[darkstar]

11. Good one

:toast:

[Doctor Smith]

5. They are interchangeable

[Liberal Classic]

8. Both have the same root word

and both have been used interchangably.

However, today the canonical usage goes:

farther - measure of distance

further - measure of time or as a conjunction

[Doctor Smith]

14. I agree, but I still think they can correctly be used interchangeably.

"Nothing could be further from the truth."

"Nothing could be farther from the truth."

[soothsayer]

15. in some cases, yes, but all the time, no (n/t)

[Guaranteed]

17. I think "farther" is used in comparing things, like distances,

while "further" describes progress being made.