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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Further or farther
It the sentence "When the torque wrench gives way without tightening any further/father..." Which is the correct usage? Is tight a state? Or is the fact that tightening literally moves across the distance of the thread, albeit in a helix pattern, physical distance being covered?
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s=t Usage note Although some usage guides insist that only farther should be used for physical distance ( We walked farther than we planned ), farther and further have been used interchangeably throughout much of their histories. However, only further is used in the adverbial sense “moreover” ( Further, you hurt my feelings ) and in the adjectival senses “more extended” ( no further comment ) and “additional” ( Further bulletins came in ). You have the idea of physical distance here, so either one is OK.
- s=t Usage note Although some usage guides insist that only farther should be used for physical distance ( We walked farther than we planned ), farther and further have been used interchangeably throughout much of their histories.
- However, only further is used in the adverbial sense “moreover” ( Further, you hurt my feelings ) and in the adjectival senses “more extended” ( no further comment ) and “additional” ( Further bulletins came in ).
- You have the idea of physical distance here, so either one is OK.
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See the usage note in the dictionary
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/farther?s=t
Usage note
Although some usage guides insist that only farther should be used for physical distance ( We walked farther than we pla
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/farther?s=t
Usage note
Although some usage guides insist that only farther should be used for physical distance ( We walked farther than we pla
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