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New OK. So, I check my Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
Tenth Edition.

further (adv) - 1. farther

farther (adv) - 1. at or to a greater distance or more advanced point

However, under usage it says:
Further and farther have been used more or less interchangeably throughout most of their history, but currently they are showing signs of diverging. As adverbs they continue to be used interchangeably whenever spatial, temporal, or metaphorical distance is involved. But when there is no notion of distance, further is used <our techniques can be further refined>. Further is also used as a sentence modifier <further, the workshop participants were scarcely optimistic - L. B. Mayhew>, but farther is not. A polarizing process appears to be taking place in their adjective use. Farther is taking over the meaning of distance <the farther shore> and further the meaning of addition <needed no further invitation>.
{edit}Fix my typos. Nothing like misspelling stuff from dictionary. :)
Alex

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. -- Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
Collapse Edited by a6l6e6x April 7, 2003, 11:28:25 PM EDT
OK. So, I check my Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
Tenth Edition.

further (adv) - 1. farther

farther (adv) - 1. at or to a greter distance or more advanced point

However, under usage it says:
Further and farther have been used more or less interchangeably throughout most of their history, but currently they are showing signs of diverging. As adverbs they continue to be used interchangeably whenever spacial, temporal, or metaphorical distance is involved. But when there is no notion of distance, further is used <our techniques can be further refined>. Further is also used as a sentence modifier <further, the workshop participants were scarcely optimistic - L. B. Mayhew>, but farther is not. A polarizing process appears to be taking place in their adjective use. Farther is taking over the meaning of distance <the farther shore> and further the meaning of addition <needed no further invitation>.
Alex

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. -- Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
New Although the moon is smaller than the Earth,
it is farther away.
New the serendipitous LRPD for this post,
when first I checked it, was "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away..."

Odd, no?

cordially,
"Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist."
     Grammar error in NYT headline? - (deSitter) - (20)
         Distinction without a difference, I think. -NT - (a6l6e6x) - (13)
             Hey, I think DRL is on to something here - subtle but there - (dmarker) - (1)
                 Farther is upperclass fer yer Da -NT - (boxley)
             DeSitter is correct on this one - (rcareaga) - (10)
                 OK. So, I check my Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. - (a6l6e6x) - (2)
                     Although the moon is smaller than the Earth, - (Ashton) - (1)
                         the serendipitous LRPD for this post, - (rcareaga)
                 Nicely said. - (jb4) - (6)
                     Re: Nicely said. - (rcareaga) - (5)
                         It seems that the French are the cleaner and still have more - (Ashton)
                         My point on all this is... - (jb4) - (3)
                             Another for you, with my complements. - (Another Scott)
                             fools' errands - (rcareaga) - (1)
                                 Or in the immortal words of Captain Kirk - (Ashton)
         Secret Message Encoding? - (andread) - (5)
             The flick "A Beautiful Mind" has a bit of that too... -NT - (Another Scott)
             Now that you've stumbled onto the nature of Ashton's posts.. - (imric) - (3)
                 OT: "Omniscient LRPD" more sinister than previously thought? (new thread) - (CRConrad)
                 Re: Now that you've steganographed - (Ashton) - (1)
                     *chuckle* -NT - (imric)

Ninety-none-point-lots-of-nines percent of the galaxy is empty blackness.
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