[Grammar] Farer than

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Context : I want to ask a person that if the traveling distance to the Dallas is more than Newyork from Cochin.

Is New York quite farer than Dallas from Cochin by flight?

Friends , Please help with the correct word that can be used in this sentence instead of ‘farer’

Thanks
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Thank you.

Yes, I wanted to ask if the distance from Cochin to Dallas is farther than the distance from Cochin to New York.

You have said it correctly. but I also want to know if the same thing can be said in different way. Friends , your help would be appreciated.

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No. The word "far" becomes "farther" and "farthest" in comparative forms.

I don't know why; I expect someone like BobK could tell us.


But there is no "farer" or "farrer."
 

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No. The word "far" becomes "farther" and "farthest" in comparative forms.

I don't know why; I expect someone like BobK could tell us.


But there is no "farer" or "farrer."
Well, not quite...;-) This reminds me of the old joke: 'My family were sea-faring folk'/'And you can't sea farer than that'. So the words 'farer' is a fossil - it turns up in compound words like 'seafarer' and 'wayfarer'; but it's not the comparative of 'far'.

Your faith is touching, but I can't explain the 'th' off-hand. ;-)

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One theory is that 'farther' and 'further' may originally have been comparatives of the early form of 'forth', and may have meant something like 'more forward'. In time, as 'more forward' and 'more far' could often be used in the same context with very similar meaniing, 'forther' became the comparative of 'far'.
 

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This was the most informative line in there (for me): "There is no historical basis for the notion that farther is of physical distance and further of degree or quality."

That's a bit of a relief to me, since I tend to forget about this "rule." So I'm not forgetful, I'm just more aware of the etymology. Or so I can claim!
 

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I hadn't mentioned 'further', or the odd (and groundless) 'rule' about when to use which. (The link to 'forth' recalls in my mind Tom Clancy's pronunciation of 'further' in The Old Woman from Wexford, but I imagine that's just a happy coincidence.)

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