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Messier42 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
How are they differen? and could you correct my sentence?
The mesurement fell short of 10mm by 2mm.
The gap fell short of specification by 2mm.
The mesurement fell shy of 10mm by 2mm.
The gap fell shy of specification by 2mm.
The mesurement run short of 10mm by 2mm.
The mesurement run shy of 10mm by 2mm.
It is 2mm shy from the specification.
It is 2mm short from the specification.
It is 2mm off the specification.
How are they differen? and could you correct my sentence?
The gap fell short of specification by 2mm.
The mesurement fell shy of 10mm by 2mm.
The gap fell shy of specification by 2mm.
The mesurement run short of 10mm by 2mm.
The mesurement run shy of 10mm by 2mm.
It is 2mm shy from the specification.
It is 2mm short from the specification.
It is 2mm off the specification.
How are they differen? and could you correct my sentence?
Top answer
None of those seem natural. I suggest eg It / The gap is 2mm less than the specification.
- None of those seem natural.
- I suggest eg It / The gap is 2mm less than the specification.
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None of those seem natural.
I suggest
eg It / The gap is 2mm less than the specification.
I suggest
eg It / The gap is 2mm less than the specification.
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I found this phrase on google.
1) BlackBerry Z10 has a height of 130mm, a width of 65.5mm and a thickness of 9mm.
That is only just a few mm shy of the 123.8mm x 58.6mm x 7.6mm of the iPhone 5.
2) I don't have a caliper handy to measure, but the outside diameter of the shaft is just a few millimeters shy of being the diameter of a triple A (AAA) battery.
'shy' is used in
1) BlackBerry Z10 has a height of 130mm, a width of 65.5mm and a thickness of 9mm.
That is only just a few mm shy of the 123.8mm x 58.6mm x 7.6mm of the iPhone 5.
2) I don't have a caliper handy to measure, but the outside diameter of the shaft is just a few millimeters shy of being the diameter of a triple A (AAA) battery.
'shy' is used in
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Perhaps a little.
Also a bit casual and conversational.
Note that in both cases it's not an exact amount. It's just 'a few mm shy of . . . '.
'Shy of' does not seem to me like a precise and technical kind of expression.
Also a bit casual and conversational.
Note that in both cases it's not an exact amount. It's just 'a few mm shy of . . . '.
'Shy of' does not seem to me like a precise and technical kind of expression.
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