ESL General English Grammar Questions

Re: eye sights

Tuongvan — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:30:37 GMT

Oh, I see .Thank you Grammar Geek

Re: eye sights

Grammar Geek — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:28:03 GMT

Tuongvan, it was a mistake, if you see the posts now. It should be far-sighted.

Re: eye sights

Tuongvan — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:26:20 GMT

Hi teachers,
Why do you say " I'm becoming NEAR-SIGHTED . " here but not "FAR-SIGHTED" ? Because "The nearer the page is, the fuzzier the words are. If I move the page a little further from my eyes, then I can see it more clearly. The doctor said I need reading glasses.

Best wishes

Re: eye sights

Abil — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:17:47 GMT

Hi GG and Ray,

I got the answer. Thanks.

Re: eye sights

Abil — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:14:13 GMT

Hi Ray,

Thanks. My dictionary gives two meanings to the word "far-sighted". I am citing the one related to the context I have given.

Far-sighted = In American English, far-sighted people cannot see things clearly that are close to them, and therefore need to wear glasses. The usual British expression is long-sighted.

My question is: am I near-sighted or long-sighted / far-sighted? I cannot see things clearly that are close my my eyes.

Re: eye sights

Grammar Geek — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:12:16 GMT

Dear heavens - I just realized I told you the exact opposite of what's correct.

NEAR-sighted is when you can't see far.

FAR-sighted is when you can't see near. Far-sighted is presbyoptia, and what we're talking about here.

EDIT AGAIN: Okay, apparently the "getting old and can't see stuff too close" is really not the same as far-sightedness. Please see this: http://www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/presbyopia.htm

Re: eye sights

Abil — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:04:31 GMT

Thanks Optilang.

Re: eye sights

RayH — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:03:43 GMT

Abil
One more question: what is the opposite of "near-sighted"? Long-sighted?

In AmE we say "farsighted."

Re: eye sights

optilang — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:59:26 GMT

One more question: what is the opposite of "near-sighted"? Long-sighted? - Yes

Re: eye sights

Abil — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:56:55 GMT

Thanks Optilang, Mister Micawber and Grammar Geek.

One more question: what is the opposite of "near-sighted"? Long-sighted?

-- We are all subject to old age.

Re: eye sights

Grammar Geek — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:36:00 GMT

Hi Abil.

Start by saying "eye sight" in the singular, not "sights."

You are becoming more near-sighted. I'm 42. It's happening to me too. My kid will thrust something in front of me and say "See Mommy" and after I move my head back about six inches, I can say "Yes, now I can see!"

Near-sigthedness has a fancy term: presbyopia. Presbys means "old people." I don't like to be thought of as "old" at my age, so I'm going to stick with "near-sighted"!

EDIT: This should be far-sighted, not near-sighted. Please see post at the end of the thread.

Re: eye sights

Mister Micawber — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:34:23 GMT

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More naturally? For instance:

My eyesight is getting weaker every day. I'm becoming near-sighted. The nearer the page is, the fuzzier the words are. If I move the page a little further from my eyes, then I can see it more clearly. The doctor said I need reading glasses.

Re: eye sights

optilang — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:33:46 GMT

My eyesight is getting weaker day by day. I cannot read ~~/ see the~~ words close-up. The nearer the page of a book or newspaper is to my eyes, the more the words appear hazy to me. If I move the page a little further from my eyes, then I can see clearly. The doctor said I need reading glasses.

eye sights

Abil — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:30:00 GMT

My eye sights are getting weakened day by day. I cannot read / see the words nearer to my eyes. The nearer the page of a book or newspaper is to my eyes, the more the words appear hazy to me. If I move the page a little further from my eyes, then I can see clearly. The doctor said I need reading glasses.

How will a native speaker describe this naturally? Thanks