{"id":52687,"date":"2026-06-29T14:02:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T14:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/?p=52687"},"modified":"2026-06-29T14:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T14:02:07","slug":"english-farther-vs-further","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/english-farther-vs-further\/","title":{"rendered":"English: farther vs further"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>Self-tutoring about English: the tutor mentions a distinction between farther and further.<\/h2>\n<p>\nThe following is by my understanding.<\/p>\n<p>\nI always thought farther and further were interchangeable, but it seems I was wrong.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nApparently, <em>farther<\/em> refers to actual distance: In one hour, the speedboat traveled farther than the tugboat. However, <em>further<\/em> means to a greater extent: They opted for further discussion about the proposed traffic pattern.<\/p>\n<p>\nInteresting, eh?<\/p>\n<p>\nSource:<\/p>\n<p>\nSabin, W.A. (1986). <em>The Gregg Reference Manual.<\/em> McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited.\n<\/p>\nJack of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\">Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC. \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Self-tutoring about English: the tutor mentions a distinction between farther and further. The following is by my understanding. I always thought farther and further were interchangeable, but it seems I was wrong. Apparently, farther refers to actual distance: In one &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/english-farther-vs-further\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">English: farther vs further<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[4315],"class_list":["post-52687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","tag-adverbs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52687"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52690,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52687\/revisions\/52690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}