Far or Fur?
rogersgeorge on August 22nd, 2020
Okay, farther or further. The rule is if you’re talking distance, use “farther.” And if your describing a greater extent, or a similar abstract increase, use “further.”
I’m a bit surprised to see this choice used incorrectly in something from the BBC. Unless maybe they did it on purpose?
It became an icon of long-haul travel and exotic holidays; Boeing’s 747 could fly more people further than any plane before.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20180927-the-boeing-747-the-plane-that-shrank-the-world
The quote is the subhead of a long but interesting article. Here’s a pic from the article:
Nice use of a semicolon in that sentence, though.
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