21st Century Grammar Handbook

Fallen. See fall.Farther, further

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participle forms.
Fallen. See fall.
Farther, further. The formal distinction between these two words is fading but should be observed in strictly standard statements. Use farther to refer to distance and further to refer to degree or time The farther we walked the more I realized this situation could go no further.”
Feel, felt, felt. An irregular verb in its main, past tense, and past participle forms. See
linking verbs.
Fell. See fall.
Felt. See feel.
Fewer, less. The di erence between these two words is important but very commonly ignored. By preserving the distinction and using the words properly, you will add precision and clarity to your writing and demonstrate to your audience that you are an attentive writer fully in command of your language.
“Fewer” refers to things that are easily enumerated one by one, such as pins,
people, or penguins Fewer penguins were in the zoo than we expected to see.”
“Less” is used with things that are not easily divisible or that you intend in your writing to be seen as a not easily enumerable mass There is less sand in my shoe than I expected. Fewer grains of sand fell out when I took it o than I thought would In the rst sentence in the example, sand is seen as indistinct mass, while in the second sentence emphasis is put on the number of distinct grains of sand by using “fewer.”
Fight, fought, fought. An irregular verb in its main, past tense, and past participle
forms.

Find, found, found. An irregular verb in its main, past tense, and past participle forms.
Firstly. There is no reason to add “ly” to this or other ordinal numbers, especially when they are used to list things.
Flew. See fly.
Flown. See fly.
Fly, flew, flown. An irregular verb in its main, past tense, and past

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