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> True, but that's wasted on Americans who pronounce 'cot' and 'caught'
> the same. And it's not as if the homophones cause much trouble; context
> normally sorts it out. And the homophony has meant that we've finally
> sorted out when you should use 'farther' and when you should use
> 'further' (you use 'farther' when you can't spell and are talking about
> a male parent, and 'further' when talking about distance).
That's not what I've read. I read that you say farther when your talking
about distance, and further when you're talking about continuance of an
action. Here are examples of the usage as I know it:
"It is farther from Los Angeles to San Francisco than it is from New York
to Boston."
"I'm breathing heavily. I can't run any further."
Jake