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Is it correct and natural to say how much further are we to a place meaning how many more miles do we have to cover to get to the place? For example:

We've been driving for three hours. How much further are we to the town?

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  • I have seen such sentences in novels. It seems pretty correct.
    – Dhanishtha Ghosh
    Commented Oct 2, 2020 at 19:35
  • I think it is unnatural and does not make sense.
    – Michael Harvey
    Commented Oct 2, 2020 at 20:05

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I would not use "are we" since you are not asking about "we" but about the remaining distance, which is an "it".

How much further is it to the town.

You can ask "...are we" to mean "how much progress have we made (since the last time I checked)" You can use that literally (of a journey) but it is more likely to be figurative.

Jack, you've been designing the website. When I spoke to you last week, you had some pencil sketches of the design. How much further are you towards a completed design?

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  • "How much further is it?" or "How near are we?"
    – Kate Bunting
    Commented Oct 3, 2020 at 9:04

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