User talk:BillBucket

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Re: Markov chain: that is not the difference between "further" and "farther". See the OED: "In standard English the form farther is usually preferred where the word is intended to be the comparative of far, while further is used where the notion of far is altogether absent; there is a large intermediate class of instances in which the choice between the two forms is arbitrary." Since something can be "far in the past", there is no requirement for "further", if indeed habit is the same as rule. Better to rephrase the whole sentence anyway. 207.157.121.52 (talk) 18:48, 18 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]