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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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they are split into even smaller tips/pieces

Geckos have over two million tiny hairs on the bottom of their feet. The hairs are extremely small ... they are split into even smaller tips.

HI,
I wonder if "tips" in the above can be replaced by "pieces." YOur comments? Thanks.
  

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Hi, Geckos have over two million tiny hairs on the bottom of their feet. The hairs are extremely small ... they are split into even smaller tips.

— Clive

  • Hi, Geckos have over two million tiny hairs on the bottom of their feet.
  • The hairs are extremely small ...
  • they are split into even smaller tips.
  • " YOur comments?
  • First, I don't understand the intended meaning.
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Hi,

Geckos have over two million tiny hairs on the bottom of their feet. The hairs are extremely small ... they are split into even smaller tips.

I wonder if "tips" in the above can be replaced by "pieces." YOur comments?

First, I don't understand the intended meaning. If I look at one of these hairs, what does it mean that it is 'split into even smaller tips/pieces'?'
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I wonder if you mean 'roots'?
eg We say that a human hair has just one root, doesn't it?

Clive
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CliveI wonder if you mean 'roots'?
eg We say that a human hair has just one root, doesn't it?

Clive

Thanks, Clive.
I think it means "if it is observed under a microscope, the hair can be split into ..."
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Hi,

They are is not at all the same as they can be.

And surely almost anything can be split into smaller pieces, so why even say that?

Clive
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