Far and a long way

Far is most common in questions and negative sentences, and after too and so.

• How far did you walk?


• I don’t live far from here.


• You’ve gone too far.


• ‘Any problems?’’ Not so far’ (=not up to now.)

In affirmative sentences, we usually use a long way.

• We walked a long way. (We walked far is possible, but not usual.)


• She lives a long way from here.