Re: farther and further

["Herman Holtz" <h -dot- holtz -at- worldnet -dot- att -dot- net>]

From: "McDonald, Nancy A." <NMcDonal -at- wcom -dot- net>

> Again, I open my trusty "Modern English Usage" by Fowler:  He says
> "...'further' is a comparative of 'fore' and 'farther' is a newer variant
of
> 'further', no more connected with 'far' than 'further' is, .... according
to
and info.

    Much as I admire and respectFowler, "further" will continue to mean "in
addition" or "also," and "farther" will continue to mean "at a greater
distance to me. (I've got to cling to some hings!)



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