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To: Jack Clarke who wrote (500)	1/4/1998 3:54:00 PM
From: Bill Ulrich	Read Replies (1) of 4711

Hi Jack, re: further on farther As you mentioned, &#147we tend to use "farther" for distances and "further" more abstractly, but there is tremendous overlap&#133&#148. The web guides I've read recently acknowledge this overlap. The kernal of their message is to say, &#147Okay, we give up. We're throwing our arms up in disgust because nobody knows the correct usage anymore. So here's the plan: We throw the previous confusing references aside and start over; farther will be used for distance. If it isn't distance, it's further.&#148 -MrB

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