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“How much heat would a laser beam need to be able to slice almost everything instantly like a light saber?”

I’m going to post it on the question-and-answer website. I want it to be specific and grammatically error free. Could you point out the mistakes and correct those?

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

Jexisneed to be able

This could mistakenly be taken as a constituent of the sentence, and you don't want that so I recommend "in order to" as a way of avoiding that.

How much heat would a laser beam need in order to slice almost everything instantly like a light saber?

(You may be asked what you mean by "everything". The amount of heat may differ according to the material being sliced.)

CJ

Jexis · Answer

CalifJimYou may be asked what you mean by "everything". The amount of heat may differ according to the material being sliced.

I don’t want to be asked, as I said I want it to be specific, so I changed it.

“How much heat would a laser beam need in order to slice the softest to the toughest substances in the universe as instant as a light sabers can do?”

Is that fine?

CalifJim · Answer

JexisIs that fine?

Now I think you're adding too much. And I should have mentioned it before: It should be "slice through". Also, I would change "everything" to "anything" and leave it like this:

How much heat would a laser beam need in order to slice through almost anything instantly like a light saber?

When you start asking about everything from the softest to the toughest substances, you are asking for a large number of answers, and that could start a lengthy dialog about all the different substances you are interested in. I would just let those who answer decide how to answer for themselves.

CJ

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