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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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wrong glasses

How do you say: These new glasses don't fit. My head hurts. The prescription is too strong.

Don't wear glasses that don't fit your eyes. It isn't good.

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don't fit ~ are too small / are too large / ... You can't use 'don't fit' to describe a wrong prescription. You just have to spell it out.

— CalifJim

  • don't fit ~ are too small / are too large / ...
  • You can't use 'don't fit' to describe a wrong prescription.
  • You just have to spell it out.
  • The prescription is wrong in these new glasses.
  • They gave me the wrong prescription.
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don't fit ~ are too small / are too large / ...

You can't use 'don't fit' to describe a wrong prescription. You just have to spell it out.

The prescription is wrong in these new glasses. ... They gave me the wrong prescription. ...

CJ
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Hello CJ,

Could you please tell me if the From at the begining is necessary and if I wanted to end with a preposition, which would it be? Is the repition of from at the beginnig and end correct?
How would you phrase it?

(From) the distance the ophthalmologist wants me to read the letters at/from I can barely see anything.

From the distance from
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AnonymousFrom At the distance from which the ophthalmologist wants me to read the letters, I can barely see anything.
It's as shown above. "from" would be OK, but it's not as good with "from" coming up again so soon in the sentence.
AnonymousMy (eye) sight is worse in my right eye than
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I don't understand. Is 1 correct with the first from? Do I leave it out? In number 1 would it be at or from at the end of the sentence?

1 (From) the distance the ophthalmologist wants me to read the letters at/from I can barely see anything.

From the distance from which the ophthalmologist wants me to read the letters, I can barely see anything.
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AnonymousFrom/At the distance the ophthalmologist wants me to read the letters I can barely see anything.
OK either way.
Anonymous The distance the ophthalmologist wants me to read the letters at/from I can barely see anything.
OK, but not as good as the one above.
AnonymousFrom the distance
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