Glasses OR eyeglasses

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He will have to put his glasses on; he can't read the sign from here.Is it fine to write glasses? I always write eyeglasses.

Rover_KE · Accepted Answer

Yes - use glasses (or specs informally. . . spectacles if you want to be very formal).

Eyeglasses is very 19thcentury.

Rover

Anonymous · Answer

Is it fine to write glasses?

Hi,

I think that it's more than fine to just say glasses in this case.

You mentioned he couldn't read that sign from there, and it probably indicates he had to put glasses

due to eyes problems. He won't put "real" glasses on his eyes, won't he? You shall not be afraid to make your

sentences look simple. You know: you can always attempt to express your knowledge by formal writing. However,

I'm not sure that was what you meant. You should take into account that your readers might get confused of wordiness, when you are trying to make your sentence sound more formal. Do you wish to accentuate the meaning of your sentences? So remember the famous sentence "less is more". Seriously, you can achieve more things than you thought by writing less. Also, it makes much more sense. Thus, do you still want to recast your sentence? I presume I know the answer to this question.

Remember to be genuine. Be yourself! It's that simple and you don't have to pretend!

Writing is about style, way of life, expressing YOUR point of view. Do you know why I made "your" in bold? Because I want to show you it's not a matter of right or wrong (see your question in quotes above: "Is it fine to write glasses?").

I'm sorry for this quite long explanation, but I somehow think your question is deeper than you even thought.

Good luck though!

Rotter · Answer

Thanks Anonymous for the reply.

I have difficulty in understanding your long reply. I read it thrice. In short. I didn't write enough. It would be better if I wrote more. The context helps you all to answer.

I hope I understood you now.

Rover_KE · Answer

Your original post was just fine, Rotter.

Anonymous ignored his own advice: 'Remember less is more'.

His rambling and confusing reply was not at all helpful. Ignore it.

I'll shut up now.

Rover

Anonymous · Answer

you should always put your Specs on

is this a right sentence??

Rover_KE · Answer

AnonymousYou should always put your specs on.

Is this sentence right?

It is now.

Rover

Khoff · Answer

I would add that "specs" and "spectacles" might well be current in Britain, but in the U.S. they both sound old-fashioned.  Here they're generally called "glasses," unless you really need to distinguish them from glasses you drink out of, in which case you could say "eyeglasses."

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