How to spell how far

hear it/haʊ_fɑr/adverbLong vowels

What it means: Used to ask about distance.

In a sentence: How far can you throw the ball?

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as howfar or how farr.

Same family: farther, farthest, distance, how long, how many miles. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The phrase "how far" combines the old English question word "how" with "far," which comes from Old English "feor," meaning "at a great distance." English speakers have used forms of this question for over a thousand years to ask about distance and progress.

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