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Posted: 14 April 2026 at 11:03pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply

Farther was a wordplay. Farther Christmas. Not funny if I have to explain it, of course.


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'Farther' is used for distance.

This is the rule I don't fastidiously subscribe to*. Farther obviously does work for distance, but I maintain further also works in most of these instances.For example:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx23p6j5gxgo



*Note I also do not subscribe to a presposition not being able to go at the end of a sentence.




Edited by Peter Martin on 14 April 2026 at 11:04pm
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