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Stan can ride his bicycle faster than anyone else but no one can ride _______ Robert Ackle, who has ridden all the way from Commack to Southampton.

a- further than
b- as far as

answer is a-further than but what's wrong with ''as far as'' ?
Can you explain, pls, thank you.. Smile

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@pumpjockey,

...because "further than" reflects the style of "faster than".
Similarly "as far as" would reflect the style of" as fast as".

This is a cae where the stylists contributes to the semantic import of the whole sentence.

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@fresco,

Note that in a comparison, extraneous variables are controlled.

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Look, I know the guy who 'rode' Robert Ackle. And it wasn't that much of a hassle. Dinner, bottle of wine, and Rob was putty in his hands.....

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Thank you for all the answers.
Mr.Stillwater, so you say Bob was ''easy'' huh. Smile

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@pumpjockey,

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Bob was ''easy'' huh

Does the annointed leader of the Roman Catholic Church regularly move his bowels in a wooded environment, my friend??

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I was taught that "farther" not "further" should be used for physical distance. "Further" is for depth of a subject; hence in your example "as far as" is correct. If the alternative were "father than" they would both be correct.

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@flyboy804,

Actual usage is probably more complicated than that, Flyboy.

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M-W

farther

usage Farther and further have been used more or less interchangeably throughout most of their history, but currently they are showing signs of diverging. As adverbs they continue to be used interchangeably whenever spatial, temporal, or metaphorical distance is involved. But where there is no notion of distance, further is used <our techniques can be further refined>. Further is also used as a sentence modifier <further, the workshop participants were scarcely optimistic " L. B. Mayhew>, but farther is not. A polarizing process appears to be taking place in their adjective use. Farther is taking over the meaning of distance <the farther shore> and further the meaning of addition <needed no further invitation>

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/farther

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