Results 1 to 5 of 5
1Likes- 30-Jan-2012, 04:56 #1
Newbie
- Join Date
- Jan 2012
- Posts
- 5
Sights This post maybe technical in nature.
On a rifle/shotgun, there is a thing with lenses that has two lines crossing at a right angle and you look through it to aim at the target. Dictionaries suggest "sight" and "sights". Do native speakers call it "sight" or "sights"?
- 30-Jan-2012, 06:07 #2
Moderator
- Join Date
- Oct 2010
- Posts
- 17,020
Teacher Re: Sights I think that the plural form is more common.
Context is always important; labelling is rarely important.
- 30-Jan-2012, 07:03 #3
Newbie
- Join Date
- Jul 2011
- Posts
- 27
Teacher Re: Sights a gun may have an optical/ laser / telescopic .... sight.
- 30-Jan-2012, 10:20 #4
Moderator
- Join Date
- Apr 2008
- Posts
- 16,159
Teacher Re: Sights A rifle comes equipped with "sights" that is to say a rear sight and a front/fore sight. An additional "sight" can be added for increased accuracy. For hunting this would most commonly be a telescopic sight.
- 31-Jan-2012, 00:13 #5
Key Member
- Join Date
- Apr 2009
- Posts
- 4,705
Re: Sights You are describing the "cross hairs" on a "scope."
Reply With QuoteSimilar Threads
-
keep in one's sights
By GUEST2008 in forum Ask a TeacherReplies: 1Last Post: 07-Dec-2010, 12:36 -
[General] come what may/ raise one's sights
By vil in forum Ask a TeacherReplies: 1Last Post: 05-Oct-2010, 21:34 -
set your sites? sights?
By Unregistered in forum Ask a TeacherReplies: 1Last Post: 15-Nov-2007, 19:51
