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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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further than is it correct?

Is this correct?
I can't see further than 10 feet in front of me with all the fog from the car.
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"further than" is correct

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"further than" is correct
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I'd use 'farther' rather than 'further', but not many pople worry about the difference these days.

The sentence as a whole sounds unnatural to me - as if the fog is being produced by the car.
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I would say the two most natural way to word this sentence would be "With all this fog, I can't see farther than ten feet from the car" OR "I can't see farther than ten feet from the car with all this fog".
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If you are in a city with a huge amount of air pollution produced by cars and trucks, then this is possible:
I can't see further than 10 feet in front of me with all the fog from the cars.

But the pollution should be called smog or smoke. not fog.
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What do you all think of this?

With all the fog, all the [further/farther] I can see in front of the car is 10 feet.

That's some kind of regionalism, isn't it? I've heard it, but I don't know exactly where it comes from.

CJ
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CalifJimWith all the fog, all the [further/farther] I can see in front of the car is 10 feet.
It sounds rather regional to me, CJ.

This one is more natural to my ear:
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With all the fog, the furthest thing I can see is 10 feet in front of me.
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AlpheccaStarsthe furthest thing I can see
Nice! Emotion: smile

CJ

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