farther from ....than

hi everybody
look at this sentense
'' A is farther from B than C''
can you tell me which one is correct?
''the distance between A and B is longer than A and C'' or ''the distance between A and B is longer than B and C''

Behnam A'' A is farther from B than C''

The sentence is ambiguous -- it might mean "A is farther from B than from C," or "A is farther from B than C is." If clarity is important, it should be reworded according to the intended meaning.

The sentence is inherently ambiguous. There is no way to know which interpretation is correct.

To disambiguate:

1 A is farther from B than C is.
2 A is farther from B than from C.

1 The distance from A to B is greater than the distance from C to B.
2 The distance from A to B is greater than the distance from A to C.

CJ

Edit: Oops. khoff beat

Thanks
And is this sentence correct ?
" A is farther from B than it is from C''

Behnam AA is farther from B than it is from C

Correct. It has the same meaning as the shorter version A is farther from B than from C.

CJ

Thanks again

I would presume the former, but the sentence as cast is intrinsically ambiguous, and should be extended in good writing.

A is farther from B than it is from C.
A is farther from B than C is.

Anonymous,

Why are you copying someone else's question?

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CJ

Actually that is my question but I hadn't logged in yet when asking it, and at that moment I thought some problem occured with