From the Index: Sixty-Second Grammar Guide: Further vs. Farther

just-write-rightWhich of these sentences is correct?

A. The farmhouse is only a little further down the road?

B. The farmhouse is only a little farther down the road?

Further is used to denote figurative or “pretend” distance.

Farther is used to denote physical or “real” distance.

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