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User_gary Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

further away from me

Yesterday I saw a cat going off the road, which was further away from me.

Is this sentence correct?
  

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Although 'farther' and 'further' are becoming interchangeable, 'farther' is still preferred for physical distance. Your sentence itself makes little sense-- farther than what ?

— Mister Micawber

  • Although 'farther' and 'further' are becoming interchangeable, 'farther' is still preferred for physical distance.
  • Your sentence itself makes little sense-- farther than what ?
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Although 'farther' and 'further' are becoming interchangeable, 'farther' is still preferred for physical distance. Your sentence itself makes little sense-- farther than what?
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Again, thank you.
Yesterday I saw a cat going off the road, which was further away from me.
While walking on the road, the cat saw a car heading towards it, so it suddenly went off the road which was a little distance away from me. I was walking on the pavement.
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The comparative needs two things to compare-- in this case, two distances. But here, you only have one 'little distance'. Therefore, 'farther' does not work.
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