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What is the difference between glasses and prescription glasses ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between glasses and prescription glasses ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
Is saying prescription glasses really necessary when I mean glasses that let me see things more clearly? That word makes me feel like if I just say "glasses", it's just ornamental...
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"prescription glasses" sounds a bit strange to me, not something I would hear often. I think I'd only hear that in a situation where someone wanted to emphasize and make it clear the glasses are not only for looks/style. I think 99% of the time, in everyday conversations, people just say glasses, just my opinion though.
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"prescription glasses" sounds a bit strange to me, not something I would hear often. I think I'd only hear that in a situation where someone wanted to emphasize and make it clear the glasses are not only for looks/style. I think 99% of the time, in everyday conversations, people just say glasses, just my opinion though.
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Glasses is including all types of glasses such as sunglasses, eyeglasses, prescription glasses and more. In context, it might mean prescription glasses. There are many types of glasses.
Prescription glasses are glasses specifically āprescribedā or given to you by the doctor.
So prescription glasses is a category in glasses.
Example sentences:
I forgot my glasses. (We donāt know what type of glasses the person is talking about. The person could be talking about sunglasses.)
Iām wearing my prescription glasses. (We know the exact type of glasses: prescription glasses not sunglasses or any other type of glasses)
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