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New Hope Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Distance

If my house is situated between the market and playground and the distance of the market from my house is longer than the distance of the playground from my house, then which of the sentences below would be most appropriate?
My house is at a longer distance from the market than from the playground.
The market is at a longer distance from my house than the playground.
  

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Note: I would first say that "... " Using "distance," I would say "to" and "from" (not "of" and "from"). " Your sentences are almost right.

— Doctor D

  • Note: I would first say that "...
  • " Using "distance," I would say "to" and "from" (not "of" and "from").
  • " Your sentences are almost right.
  • But here is how I would word them: My house is at a greater distance from the market than from the playground.
  • The market is at a greater distance from my house than is the playground.
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Note: I would first say that "... the distance to the market from my house is longer than the distance to the playground from my house..." Using "distance," I would say "to" and "from" (not "of" and "from").
And I would not say "at a longer distance."

Your sentences are almost right. But here is how I would word them:
My house is at a greater distanc
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I'd say:
My house is farther from the market than from the playground.
The market is farther from my house than the market is.
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fivejedjonI'd say:My house is farther from the market than from the playground.The market is farther from my house than the market is.
With the word farther in American English and the word further, in British English.
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AnonymousWith the word farther in American English and the word further, in British English.
No.
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fivejedjonMy house is farther from the market than from the playground.
That's what I wrote. But it didn't get posted. Longer distance - has that weird sound.
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fivejedjon No.
Nevertheless, it seems farther has carved a semantic niche for itself, perhaps especially in American English. American Heritage 4 has this to say:
Farther and further have been used interchangeably by many writers since the Middle English period. According to a rule of relatively recent origin, however, farthe
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