Is it Lens or Lenses?
May 1, 2015 05:45:36 #
Earworms wrote:
So wouldn't it be one lens, two leese?
I guess you could say leese if you got it from LensRentals. :D
May 1, 2015 05:46:49 #
NoSocks wrote:
Correct grammar and etymology are hobbies of mine.
Yet you don't wear socks? :D
May 1, 2015 06:14:51 #
May 1, 2015 06:31:04 #
Cambridge Dictionary describes LENS as a 'curved piece of glass, plastic, or other transparent material, used in cameras, glasses, and scientific equipment, that makes objects seem closer, larger, smaller, etc.' So lens is singular. Plural is Lenses.
May 1, 2015 06:44:53 #
Ty
Well said. :thumbup: :thumbup:
chase4 wrote:
Most people don't care about using standard Englis... (show quote)
Well said. :thumbup: :thumbup:
May 1, 2015 07:02:45 #
Bob Yankle wrote:
I appeal to some semantics expert to set us straight on the proper plural for more than one lens.
Have you heard of the Internet? Here's a real authority, Miriam Webster:
"lens
7 ENTRIES FOUND:
lens (noun)
contact lens (noun)
fisheye lens (noun)
objective lens (noun)
telephoto lens (noun)
wideangle lens (noun)
zoom lens (noun)
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lens /ˈlɛnz/ noun
plural lenses
Learner's definition of LENS
[count]
1
: a clear curved piece of glass or plastic that is used in eyeglasses, cameras, telescopes, etc., to make things look clearer, smaller, or bigger
glasses with thick lenses
a camera lens
Make sure the lens of the microscope is clean.
see picture at camera; see also contact lens, fish-eye lens, objective lens, telephoto lens, zoom lens
2
: the clear part of the eye that focuses light to form clear images
May 1, 2015 07:07:18 #
SharpShooter wrote:
:lol: :lol: Geez Chase! You've grown into a tr... (show quote)
SS, you are a highly intelligent guy based on my frequently respectful reading of your UHH posts. But in this case you are asleep at the shutter button. Not only can young people of today not spell, they don't communicate using proper grammar and syntax, and they can't make change for a $1 transaction. Want solid proof? The spelling and grammar here on the UHH forum is all too often laughable. And the plural of lens is lenses. /Ralph
May 1, 2015 07:07:31 #
I AM an expert... One = lens. Plural = lenses. When I see one lens spelled as lense I explode.
May 1, 2015 07:09:21 #
Just saying Thank You for your comment on English. I salute you as another Defender of the Language.
May 1, 2015 07:42:33 #
May 1, 2015 07:42:51 #
For a charming read on spelling and grammar (and life in the copy department of the The New Yorker) check out the recently published "Between You and Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen," by Mary Norris.
May 1, 2015 07:48:23 #
Bob Yankle wrote:
I appeal to some semantics expert to set us straight on the proper plural for more than one lens.
"Lens" is not a plural word. The word, believe it or not, is based on the Latin for lentil (lens, lentis), a bean that is convex on both sides as are most magnifying lenses. The word was coined around 1690 in the early days of optics. Here's the source for this information:
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=lens
May 1, 2015 08:17:42 #
May 1, 2015 08:30:27 #
May 1, 2015 08:44:10 #
Bob Yankle wrote:
I appeal to some semantics expert to set us straight on the proper plural for more than one lens.
It depends upon how many you have. You may have 1 lens or many lenses. ! mouse 2 mouses. 1 house or2 hice. You may have 1 lens or 2 lice. But I hope you don't have lice. I think I'll stop now' before I get absolutely absurd,(oops I think I already have)
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