@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 6 months agoOh, come on!sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1871
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•6 months agoEnglish is slightly ambiguous here. As tighten has 2 meanings. Turning a screw clockwise is to tighten it, as opposed to loosen it anticlockwise. But it’s quite loose. Finally, to make it tight and secure, you tighten it with one last turn.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish7•6 months agoShouldn’t “screw in the screw” be used instead of “tighten the screw” when you’re just inserting it fully but not tightening it?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•6 months agoMakes sense. You should design furniture manuals for IKEA.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-26 months agoI’m actually fairly good with writing tutorials… or so I’ve been told.
English is slightly ambiguous here. As tighten has 2 meanings. Turning a screw clockwise is to tighten it, as opposed to loosen it anticlockwise. But it’s quite loose. Finally, to make it tight and secure, you tighten it with one last turn.
Shouldn’t “screw in the screw” be used instead of “tighten the screw” when you’re just inserting it fully but not tightening it?
Makes sense. You should design furniture manuals for IKEA.
I’m actually fairly good with writing tutorials… or so I’ve been told.