How to say 'I am myopic and the degree of short-sighted is 400' in a natural way? How to say 'I am myopic and the degree of short-sightedness(near-sightedness) is 400' in a more natural way? Is 'myopi

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How to say 'I am myopic and the degree of short-sighted is 400' in a natural way? How to say 'I am myopic and the degree of short-sightedness(near-sightedness) is 400' in a more natural way? Is 'myopic' used frequently?

Jul 23, 2015 8:52 PM

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I am near sighted and my vision is 20/400.

July 23, 2015

'I am short-sighted [myopic] and the extent [degree] of my short-sightedness(near-sightedness) is 400' Myopic is more often used figuratively to mean 'short-sighted' when referring to a plan, policy, etc.

July 23, 2015

Thank you.

July 25, 2015

Avoid using "I am myopic" for the exact reason that Adrian gave. "I have myopia" is more correct but as others have mentioned, short sightedness is the common expression.

July 25, 2015

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