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To: E who wrote (2175)3/17/1999 2:48:00 PM
From: Brian P.  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 4711
 
<<farther = distance

further = degree>>

While I like this nice distinction, and use it intuitively myself, my American Heritage dictionary defines them as interchangeable, and draws no such difference between them. Is this something that used to be insisted upon way back when, but has been allowed to lapse from standard good American usage, or is it something that has always been a matter of individual taste?