The sight, sight or sight?

Have you ever been through any situation that has left you in doubt about the spelling and use of "The sight, sight or sight"? Well, this is a very recurrent doubt among speakers of Portuguese language and let's try to clarify it very simply.

First, we need to understand that the three ways are correct, although their meanings and contexts of use are quite many different. Let's see:
In plain sight (separate and with low/back accent)

In cash is adverbial phrase used in the sense of indicate the circumstances in which something occurred; means that something is and/or occurred within sight (visible), in the presence of someone, immediately.

Look at the examples:

  • Sea in cash!

  • Payment can be in cash, interest-free, or forward, with interest.

  • leave the keys in cash so you don't forget them.

Regarding the use of the phrase "in cash” to refer to a total payment made upon purchase (form of payment for purchases), some linguists think it is wrong to use the back, since the opposite form of payment would be "forward”, which is spelled without the preposition aid: "to term”.

However, it is necessary to use the back to designate the form of payment, especially so that there is no ambiguity in the statement. There are other circumstances in which the grave accent/backbone it also works to give greater clarity to statements. Watch:

- wash the hand – the way something is being washed.
- wash the hand – hand washing

The view (separate and without bass accent)

In cash is the junction of definite articlefemininesingular “a” with the common nounfemale singularView” and means “sense or organ of sight”, as well as the act of seeing or the landscape.

Look at the examples:

  • In cash from the Serra Grande viewpoint is wonderful.

  • I am with in cash blurry from the eye drops.


Avista (together and without bass accent)

In cash it's the the act of reaching with the sight. In this sense, it is about the verbcatch sight of” conjugated in 3rd person singular of gift of indicative mode or in the 2nd person singular of mode imperative. “Catch sight of” mainly refers to the the act of reaching with the sight, being synonym in see, look, see, distinguish, encounter, confront.

Look at the examples:

  • He always in cash the father walking up the hill.

  • From your apartment, Julius in cash the entire beach.

  • This is the moment when the firefighter in cash the first victims of the earthquake.

Also learn about expressions "sometimes" and "sometimes". Good studies!

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