nearsightedness

[Untaught88]

Hi,

I don't know what word I should use with 'cataract'.

Is "Her cataract is nearsightedness" correct?

 

[emsr2d2]

No. Nearsightedness (myopia) is a condition. A cataract is a different condition.

 

[Untaught88]

Can you please tell me what I should say when someone's cataract is not as it was before.

 

[tzfujimino]

My guess:

Her eyesight has gotten worse because of a cataract.

 

[Eckaslike]

If their condition has worsened, I would say that their cataract has become more cloudy, or cloudier, than before.

 

[emsr2d2]

His cataract has got worse.
His cataract has worsened.
His cataract has become more serious.

 

[MikeNewYork]

In AmE, we would normally say "His cataract has gotten worse".

 

[Rover_KE]

BE speakers rarely use 'gotten'.

 

[MikeNewYork]

I know.

 

[Rover_KE]

I know you know. I mentioned it in case tzfujimino didn't.

 

[tedmc]

Where did you get that idea from?

Posts #7 &8.

 

[tzfujimino]

Posts #7 &8.

I understood what you meant, but it might have been a good idea to refer to it just as "American English" rather than "American slang", ted.
:-D

 

[tedmc]

"Gotten" is used more in colloquial rather than written English, no?

 

[MikeNewYork]

"Gotten" is the standard in American English. It is neither slang nor colloquial. You should know that we inherited "gotten" from the British. Just because they changed their usage does not mean that we have to change ours.