Select the grammatically correct sentences.
(A) How much further is it to the station?
(B) How much farther is it to the station?
(C) Farther investigation is needed in this case.
(D) Further investigation is needed in this case.
Choose the appropriate option from the ones given below:-
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A), (B) and (D) only
(A) How much further is it to the station? — Correct.
- Further is used for physical distance as well as for "more, additional", so it is correct for the distance to the station.
(B) How much farther is it to the station? — Correct.
- Farther is used for physical distance, which is what the question asks about.
Example: The village is farther than it looks on the map.
(C) Farther investigation is needed in this case. — Incorrect.
- An investigation is not a distance.
- In the sense of more or additional only further is used.
- Correct form: Further investigation is needed in this case.
(D) Further investigation is needed in this case. — Correct.
- Here further means more, additional, which only further can express.
Example: The office will remain closed until further notice.
Contrast: farther and further can both be used for distance, but only further means "more, additional".