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Haddie Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Farthest?

"I'm not okay, I'm the farthest thing from okay", she hissed angrily.
Is "farthest" correct here or should it be "furthest"?
  

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" Now, it's whichever is easier to say at the time. " Perhaps we'll encourage someone from USA to respond also.

— Wilpeter

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I don't know if it is regional or age-related, but I used to be insistent that 'farthest' had to do with distance: "Move farther down the bus, please." Now, it's whichever is easier to say at the time. I might use "farthest" in the superlative sense, but "further" in "I can go no further; I'm exhausted!" Perhaps we'll encourage someone from USA to respond also.
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wilpeterI don't know if it is regional
Kind of. It's a US/UK difference, with "farther" being the word in the USA http://grammarist.com/usage/farther-further/
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Haddie"I'm not okay, I'm the farthest thing from okay", she hissed angrily.Is "farthest" correct here or should it be "furthest"?
I would have written "furthest", but I have no objections to "farthest". (AmE)

CJ
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