Knowing the difference between further and farther pisses the hell out of me

[LordJezo]

I never knew the difference until recently, sort of, I knew the difference but never paid attention to it or realized when people were using it wrong. The wife, who was an English major, yelled at me for about a month until it was drilled into my head..

FARTHER denotes physical advancement in distance.

FURTHER denotes advancement to greater degree, as in time or concept.

Shit.

I hear it constantly now, everyone uses them wrong. Everyone loves to use further and I even catch myself doing it. It's so fucking annoying.

Life was easier when I had no concept about the difference and didn't care or notice when people used them wrong.

[hanso]

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[jennysmurf]

I feel your pain. Everytime someone uses "less" instead of "fewer" I die a little inside.

less-to describe something that can't be individuallly counted, i.e. less cheese
fewer- to describe something that can be counted, i.e. fewer calories




*edit* I've typed this before I think. It must've already been a thread.

[Bob Impact]

I'm in a very database heavy environment and I get that way with data/datum but I understand I've lost to popular usage, seems like you're going to as well.

[Hottub]

Miss Fartherman.

[Dude!]

I feel your pain. Everytime someone uses "less" instead of "fewer" I die a little inside.

less-to describe something that can't be individuallly counted, i.e. less cheese
fewer- to describe something that can be counted, i.e. fewer calories

apparently you've never
heard of Kraft Singles

[SatCam]

we get it
















youre married

[jennysmurf]

apparently you've never
heard of Kraft Singles

I've heard of 'em, and they tick me off.

[boosterp]

Simple mo fucking grammar you should of learned freshman year of college.

[A.J.]

Simple mo fucking grammar you should of learned freshman year of college.

:ohmy: