Further or farther

Please email me for further information.  To reach the post office, walk farther down the street. Further, fartherโ€ฆ Whatโ€™s the difference? Is it just two different spellings of the same word? The answer is yesโ€”and no. Please read on for some explanation. Both โ€˜furtherโ€™ and โ€˜fartherโ€™ are irregular comparative forms of the same adjective (and …

Grammar help: used, used to, get used toโ€ฆ

This post has been written with ESL / EFL students in mind, intermediate level and above. The verb โ€˜to useโ€™ is a key element in several widely used grammatical structures that students sometimes confuse or don't use properly. In this post weโ€™ll go through them, explain their meaning and, finally, practise a bit. USED The …