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I feel like a marionette strung from my kitchen ceiling.

Hi,
Is it more accurate if I change the bold phrase to "strung down"? Thanks.

Oswinw011 said:

Preserving Vegetables for Winter Is a Balm
I feel like a marionette strung from my kitchen ceiling.

Hi,
Is it more accurate if I change the bold phrase to "strung down"? Thanks.

More precise but not more accurate👁 Smile :)
If we know what a marionette is, we know it hangs down by strings from the controls held by the operator.

JulianStuart said:

More precise but not more accurate👁 Smile :)
If we know what a marionette is, we know it hangs down by strings from the controls held by the operator.

Ha? You raise my interest in distinguishing between precise and accurate. I'll check it out first.

Accuracy
Accuracy is how close a measured value is to the actual (true) value.
Precision
Precision is how close the measured values are to each other.

Wow, this is great. I think I get your point.

Oswinw011 said:

Ha? You raise my interest in distinguishing between precise and accurate. I'll check it out first.

It was a bit of a play on words. In this case we can't easily agree on a specific number for accuracy, so "more accurate" means less. Both statements may be equally accurate in the sense that they are both "true". The precision refers to the level of detail involved in the communication. The usual context for the distinction between precision and accuracy is in mathematics and measurement.

Oswinw011 said:

I feel like a marionette strung from my kitchen ceiling. 👁 Tick :tick:

A marionette is a puppet hanging from several strings. This sentence says that the strings have been attached to the kitchen ceiling. So the marionette is a puppet, hanging from strings that are hanging from the kitchen ceiling. The puppet is not touching the ceiling.

You suggest that "strung from" be changed to "strung down", giving this sentence:

I feel like a marionette strung down my kitchen ceiling. 👁 Cross :cross:


That sentence is simply incorrect. Perhaps you mean this sentence:

I feel like a marionette strung down from my kitchen ceiling. 👁 Cross :cross:


In my opinion, this sentence is incorrect too. There is no phrase "strung down from". There are phrases "hanging from" and "hanging down from":

I feel like a marionette hanging from my kitchen ceiling. 👁 Tick :tick:

I feel like a marionette hanging down from my kitchen ceiling. 👁 Tick :tick: