How to say “How to aim [well/right/correctly]”?
Imagine reading this as a headline in a learner's text book on a shooting range:
How to aim right
How to aim correctly
How to aim well
Basically, I want to say "how to aim to hit the target" in this passive manner and I'm trying to find the proper adjective to use for this. Any suggestions?
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asked Feb 8 at 14:41
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Imagine reading this as a headline in a learner's text book on a shooting range:
How to aim right
How to aim correctly
How to aim well
Basically, I want to say "how to aim to hit the target" in this passive manner and I'm trying to find the proper adjective to use for this. Any suggestions?
word-choice
asked Feb 8 at 14:41
SteevenSteeven
309513
5
Are you sure you need any adverb (not adjective)? What's wrong with "How to Aim"? There is no way "how to aim" would ever mean "how to aim poorly."
– Juhasz
Feb 8 at 14:44
Instead of those, how about "How to hit the target?" or "Aiming to hit the target?"
– Robusto
Feb 8 at 14:46
1
[You must learn] how to aim sounds just a bit too "clipped" for me in this context. I'd prefer ...how to take aim.
– FumbleFingers
Feb 8 at 14:51
@FumbleFingers how to aim a shotgun sounds much better than how to take aim with a shotgun. Even if it ends with aim, take aim makes it sound wordy. The addition of take even adds a bit of ambiguity imo
– Aethenosity
Feb 9 at 20:36
@Aethenosity: Unlike you, I have no particular preference for or against either if followed by [with, using,...] a shotgun. But the question as posed doesn't include that additional context.
– FumbleFingers
Feb 10 at 17:20
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Imagine reading this as a headline in a learner's text book on a shooting range:
How to aim right
How to aim correctly
How to aim well
Basically, I want to say "how to aim to hit the target" in this passive manner and I'm trying to find the proper adjective to use for this. Any suggestions?
word-choice
asked Feb 8 at 14:41
SteevenSteeven
309513
Imagine reading this as a headline in a learner's text book on a shooting range:
How to aim right
How to aim correctly
How to aim well
Basically, I want to say "how to aim to hit the target" in this passive manner and I'm trying to find the proper adjective to use for this. Any suggestions?
word-choice
word-choice
asked Feb 8 at 14:41
SteevenSteeven
309513
asked Feb 8 at 14:41
SteevenSteeven
309513
asked Feb 8 at 14:41
SteevenSteeven
309513
asked Feb 8 at 14:41
SteevenSteeven
309513
asked Feb 8 at 14:41
SteevenSteeven
309513
309513
5
Are you sure you need any adverb (not adjective)? What's wrong with "How to Aim"? There is no way "how to aim" would ever mean "how to aim poorly."
– Juhasz
Feb 8 at 14:44
Instead of those, how about "How to hit the target?" or "Aiming to hit the target?"
– Robusto
Feb 8 at 14:46
1
[You must learn] how to aim sounds just a bit too "clipped" for me in this context. I'd prefer ...how to take aim.
– FumbleFingers
Feb 8 at 14:51
@FumbleFingers how to aim a shotgun sounds much better than how to take aim with a shotgun. Even if it ends with aim, take aim makes it sound wordy. The addition of take even adds a bit of ambiguity imo
– Aethenosity
Feb 9 at 20:36
@Aethenosity: Unlike you, I have no particular preference for or against either if followed by [with, using,...] a shotgun. But the question as posed doesn't include that additional context.
– FumbleFingers
Feb 10 at 17:20
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show 1 more comment
5
Are you sure you need any adverb (not adjective)? What's wrong with "How to Aim"? There is no way "how to aim" would ever mean "how to aim poorly."
– Juhasz
Feb 8 at 14:44
Instead of those, how about "How to hit the target?" or "Aiming to hit the target?"
– Robusto
Feb 8 at 14:46
1
[You must learn] how to aim sounds just a bit too "clipped" for me in this context. I'd prefer ...how to take aim.
– FumbleFingers
Feb 8 at 14:51
@FumbleFingers how to aim a shotgun sounds much better than how to take aim with a shotgun. Even if it ends with aim, take aim makes it sound wordy. The addition of take even adds a bit of ambiguity imo
– Aethenosity
Feb 9 at 20:36
@Aethenosity: Unlike you, I have no particular preference for or against either if followed by [with, using,...] a shotgun. But the question as posed doesn't include that additional context.
– FumbleFingers
Feb 10 at 17:20
5
5
Are you sure you need any adverb (not adjective)? What's wrong with "How to Aim"? There is no way "how to aim" would ever mean "how to aim poorly."
– Juhasz
Feb 8 at 14:44
Are you sure you need any adverb (not adjective)? What's wrong with "How to Aim"? There is no way "how to aim" would ever mean "how to aim poorly."
– Juhasz
Feb 8 at 14:44
Instead of those, how about "How to hit the target?" or "Aiming to hit the target?"
– Robusto
Feb 8 at 14:46
Instead of those, how about "How to hit the target?" or "Aiming to hit the target?"
– Robusto
Feb 8 at 14:46
1
1
[You must learn] how to aim sounds just a bit too "clipped" for me in this context. I'd prefer ...how to take aim.
– FumbleFingers
Feb 8 at 14:51
[You must learn] how to aim sounds just a bit too "clipped" for me in this context. I'd prefer ...how to take aim.
– FumbleFingers
Feb 8 at 14:51
@FumbleFingers how to aim a shotgun sounds much better than how to take aim with a shotgun. Even if it ends with aim, take aim makes it sound wordy. The addition of take even adds a bit of ambiguity imo
– Aethenosity
Feb 9 at 20:36
@FumbleFingers how to aim a shotgun sounds much better than how to take aim with a shotgun. Even if it ends with aim, take aim makes it sound wordy. The addition of take even adds a bit of ambiguity imo
– Aethenosity
Feb 9 at 20:36
@Aethenosity: Unlike you, I have no particular preference for or against either if followed by [with, using,...] a shotgun. But the question as posed doesn't include that additional context.
– FumbleFingers
Feb 10 at 17:20
@Aethenosity: Unlike you, I have no particular preference for or against either if followed by [with, using,...] a shotgun. But the question as posed doesn't include that additional context.
– FumbleFingers
Feb 10 at 17:20
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Aim right is a little ambiguous. It could mean to aim in the appropriate manner, to aim so as to hit the target, or to adjust your aim to the right.
Aim correctly would, to me, mean to aim in the correct manner - to do so in the way you are taught to aim.
Aim well would, to me, mean to take your time to aim, not rush. Unless it were "how to aim well", in which case it would mean instructions on how to aim effectively or correctly.
Aim accurately would be to aim in a way that means you hit the target.
Aim properly would capture several of these, not rushing, doing it in the correct manner, and that doing so would tend to allow you to hit the target.
answered Feb 8 at 14:45
SamBCSamBC
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I would say "well" and "properly" are extremely similar in many if not most contexts.
– jpmc26
Feb 9 at 7:14
1
Well is one of those words that can have a subtle range of meanings, I think. "Think well" can mean "think carefully", but to "do well" at something means to be successful - and to "think well of" someone means to have a positive view of them. In this context, I would tend to read it towards the "carefully" sense.
– SamBC
Feb 9 at 10:13
Thanks for the answers. I chose to go with Aim properly for my context.
– Steeven
Feb 12 at 8:04
add a comment |
Actually, no qualifier is needed. The expression:
How to aim a [pistol/rifle/weapon/etc]
is perfectly natural (example). By default, when you instruct someone how to do something, it's assumed you are telling them how to do it correctly.
However, if you want to emphasize that there is a correct method and and an incorrect method you could say something like:
How to correctly aim [a weapon].
As SamBC mentions, you can substitute various synonyms for "correctly": properly, accurately, appropriately, effectively, etc. You can also suggest you're teaching a particular technique: quickly, smoothly, steadily, etc. Example:
How to safely and accurately aim and fire a fully automatic weapon.
Also, by default, when you "aim" a weapon it's assumed to be at some target. Otherwise you're not really aiming it, but rather just pointing it in some vague direction.
As an alternative, you can use the idiomatic expression "take aim", which is commonly associated with the action of aiming a weapon, rather than some metaphorical aim.
How to correctly take aim at your target (when firing a semiautomatic rifle).
edited Feb 9 at 7:14
V2Blast
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answered Feb 8 at 15:21
AndrewAndrew
67.9k676150
Now I'm kicking myself for not thinking of the "no adverb" case...
– SamBC
Feb 8 at 16:59
1
@SamBC No particular genius insight on my part -- I just Googled "how to aim ..." and picked the first auto-suggestion ("how to aim a shotgun") . :)
– Andrew
Feb 8 at 18:42
add a comment |
Idiomatically, the phrase to aim true might work. "True" here is in the sense of "straight, accurate, and without deviation", rather than the more common sense of "a statement agreeing with the facts". As an example, we have the headline How to Aim True at the F-class World Championships.
answered Feb 8 at 17:00
Michael SeifertMichael Seifert
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Aim right is a little ambiguous. It could mean to aim in the appropriate manner, to aim so as to hit the target, or to adjust your aim to the right.
Aim correctly would, to me, mean to aim in the correct manner - to do so in the way you are taught to aim.
Aim well would, to me, mean to take your time to aim, not rush. Unless it were "how to aim well", in which case it would mean instructions on how to aim effectively or correctly.
Aim accurately would be to aim in a way that means you hit the target.
Aim properly would capture several of these, not rushing, doing it in the correct manner, and that doing so would tend to allow you to hit the target.
answered Feb 8 at 14:45
SamBCSamBC
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I would say "well" and "properly" are extremely similar in many if not most contexts.
– jpmc26
Feb 9 at 7:14
1
Well is one of those words that can have a subtle range of meanings, I think. "Think well" can mean "think carefully", but to "do well" at something means to be successful - and to "think well of" someone means to have a positive view of them. In this context, I would tend to read it towards the "carefully" sense.
– SamBC
Feb 9 at 10:13
Thanks for the answers. I chose to go with Aim properly for my context.
– Steeven
Feb 12 at 8:04
add a comment |
Aim right is a little ambiguous. It could mean to aim in the appropriate manner, to aim so as to hit the target, or to adjust your aim to the right.
Aim correctly would, to me, mean to aim in the correct manner - to do so in the way you are taught to aim.
Aim well would, to me, mean to take your time to aim, not rush. Unless it were "how to aim well", in which case it would mean instructions on how to aim effectively or correctly.
Aim accurately would be to aim in a way that means you hit the target.
Aim properly would capture several of these, not rushing, doing it in the correct manner, and that doing so would tend to allow you to hit the target.
answered Feb 8 at 14:45
SamBCSamBC
3,738321
I would say "well" and "properly" are extremely similar in many if not most contexts.
– jpmc26
Feb 9 at 7:14
1
Well is one of those words that can have a subtle range of meanings, I think. "Think well" can mean "think carefully", but to "do well" at something means to be successful - and to "think well of" someone means to have a positive view of them. In this context, I would tend to read it towards the "carefully" sense.
– SamBC
Feb 9 at 10:13
Thanks for the answers. I chose to go with Aim properly for my context.
– Steeven
Feb 12 at 8:04
add a comment |
Aim right is a little ambiguous. It could mean to aim in the appropriate manner, to aim so as to hit the target, or to adjust your aim to the right.
Aim correctly would, to me, mean to aim in the correct manner - to do so in the way you are taught to aim.
Aim well would, to me, mean to take your time to aim, not rush. Unless it were "how to aim well", in which case it would mean instructions on how to aim effectively or correctly.
Aim accurately would be to aim in a way that means you hit the target.
Aim properly would capture several of these, not rushing, doing it in the correct manner, and that doing so would tend to allow you to hit the target.
answered Feb 8 at 14:45
SamBCSamBC
3,738321
Aim right is a little ambiguous. It could mean to aim in the appropriate manner, to aim so as to hit the target, or to adjust your aim to the right.
Aim correctly would, to me, mean to aim in the correct manner - to do so in the way you are taught to aim.
Aim well would, to me, mean to take your time to aim, not rush. Unless it were "how to aim well", in which case it would mean instructions on how to aim effectively or correctly.
Aim accurately would be to aim in a way that means you hit the target.
Aim properly would capture several of these, not rushing, doing it in the correct manner, and that doing so would tend to allow you to hit the target.
answered Feb 8 at 14:45
SamBCSamBC
3,738321
answered Feb 8 at 14:45
SamBCSamBC
3,738321
answered Feb 8 at 14:45
SamBCSamBC
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answered Feb 8 at 14:45
SamBCSamBC
3,738321
3,738321
I would say "well" and "properly" are extremely similar in many if not most contexts.
– jpmc26
Feb 9 at 7:14
1
Well is one of those words that can have a subtle range of meanings, I think. "Think well" can mean "think carefully", but to "do well" at something means to be successful - and to "think well of" someone means to have a positive view of them. In this context, I would tend to read it towards the "carefully" sense.
– SamBC
Feb 9 at 10:13
Thanks for the answers. I chose to go with Aim properly for my context.
– Steeven
Feb 12 at 8:04
add a comment |
I would say "well" and "properly" are extremely similar in many if not most contexts.
– jpmc26
Feb 9 at 7:14
1
Well is one of those words that can have a subtle range of meanings, I think. "Think well" can mean "think carefully", but to "do well" at something means to be successful - and to "think well of" someone means to have a positive view of them. In this context, I would tend to read it towards the "carefully" sense.
– SamBC
Feb 9 at 10:13
Thanks for the answers. I chose to go with Aim properly for my context.
– Steeven
Feb 12 at 8:04
I would say "well" and "properly" are extremely similar in many if not most contexts.
– jpmc26
Feb 9 at 7:14
I would say "well" and "properly" are extremely similar in many if not most contexts.
– jpmc26
Feb 9 at 7:14
1
1
Well is one of those words that can have a subtle range of meanings, I think. "Think well" can mean "think carefully", but to "do well" at something means to be successful - and to "think well of" someone means to have a positive view of them. In this context, I would tend to read it towards the "carefully" sense.
– SamBC
Feb 9 at 10:13
Well is one of those words that can have a subtle range of meanings, I think. "Think well" can mean "think carefully", but to "do well" at something means to be successful - and to "think well of" someone means to have a positive view of them. In this context, I would tend to read it towards the "carefully" sense.
– SamBC
Feb 9 at 10:13
Thanks for the answers. I chose to go with Aim properly for my context.
– Steeven
Feb 12 at 8:04
Thanks for the answers. I chose to go with Aim properly for my context.
– Steeven
Feb 12 at 8:04
add a comment |
Actually, no qualifier is needed. The expression:
How to aim a [pistol/rifle/weapon/etc]
is perfectly natural (example). By default, when you instruct someone how to do something, it's assumed you are telling them how to do it correctly.
However, if you want to emphasize that there is a correct method and and an incorrect method you could say something like:
How to correctly aim [a weapon].
As SamBC mentions, you can substitute various synonyms for "correctly": properly, accurately, appropriately, effectively, etc. You can also suggest you're teaching a particular technique: quickly, smoothly, steadily, etc. Example:
How to safely and accurately aim and fire a fully automatic weapon.
Also, by default, when you "aim" a weapon it's assumed to be at some target. Otherwise you're not really aiming it, but rather just pointing it in some vague direction.
As an alternative, you can use the idiomatic expression "take aim", which is commonly associated with the action of aiming a weapon, rather than some metaphorical aim.
How to correctly take aim at your target (when firing a semiautomatic rifle).
edited Feb 9 at 7:14
V2Blast
14317
answered Feb 8 at 15:21
AndrewAndrew
67.9k676150
Now I'm kicking myself for not thinking of the "no adverb" case...
– SamBC
Feb 8 at 16:59
1
@SamBC No particular genius insight on my part -- I just Googled "how to aim ..." and picked the first auto-suggestion ("how to aim a shotgun") . :)
– Andrew
Feb 8 at 18:42
add a comment |
Actually, no qualifier is needed. The expression:
How to aim a [pistol/rifle/weapon/etc]
is perfectly natural (example). By default, when you instruct someone how to do something, it's assumed you are telling them how to do it correctly.
However, if you want to emphasize that there is a correct method and and an incorrect method you could say something like:
How to correctly aim [a weapon].
As SamBC mentions, you can substitute various synonyms for "correctly": properly, accurately, appropriately, effectively, etc. You can also suggest you're teaching a particular technique: quickly, smoothly, steadily, etc. Example:
How to safely and accurately aim and fire a fully automatic weapon.
Also, by default, when you "aim" a weapon it's assumed to be at some target. Otherwise you're not really aiming it, but rather just pointing it in some vague direction.
As an alternative, you can use the idiomatic expression "take aim", which is commonly associated with the action of aiming a weapon, rather than some metaphorical aim.
How to correctly take aim at your target (when firing a semiautomatic rifle).
edited Feb 9 at 7:14
V2Blast
14317
answered Feb 8 at 15:21
AndrewAndrew
67.9k676150
Now I'm kicking myself for not thinking of the "no adverb" case...
– SamBC
Feb 8 at 16:59
1
@SamBC No particular genius insight on my part -- I just Googled "how to aim ..." and picked the first auto-suggestion ("how to aim a shotgun") . :)
– Andrew
Feb 8 at 18:42
add a comment |
Actually, no qualifier is needed. The expression:
How to aim a [pistol/rifle/weapon/etc]
is perfectly natural (example). By default, when you instruct someone how to do something, it's assumed you are telling them how to do it correctly.
However, if you want to emphasize that there is a correct method and and an incorrect method you could say something like:
How to correctly aim [a weapon].
As SamBC mentions, you can substitute various synonyms for "correctly": properly, accurately, appropriately, effectively, etc. You can also suggest you're teaching a particular technique: quickly, smoothly, steadily, etc. Example:
How to safely and accurately aim and fire a fully automatic weapon.
Also, by default, when you "aim" a weapon it's assumed to be at some target. Otherwise you're not really aiming it, but rather just pointing it in some vague direction.
As an alternative, you can use the idiomatic expression "take aim", which is commonly associated with the action of aiming a weapon, rather than some metaphorical aim.
How to correctly take aim at your target (when firing a semiautomatic rifle).
edited Feb 9 at 7:14
V2Blast
14317
answered Feb 8 at 15:21
AndrewAndrew
67.9k676150
Actually, no qualifier is needed. The expression:
How to aim a [pistol/rifle/weapon/etc]
is perfectly natural (example). By default, when you instruct someone how to do something, it's assumed you are telling them how to do it correctly.
However, if you want to emphasize that there is a correct method and and an incorrect method you could say something like:
How to correctly aim [a weapon].
As SamBC mentions, you can substitute various synonyms for "correctly": properly, accurately, appropriately, effectively, etc. You can also suggest you're teaching a particular technique: quickly, smoothly, steadily, etc. Example:
How to safely and accurately aim and fire a fully automatic weapon.
Also, by default, when you "aim" a weapon it's assumed to be at some target. Otherwise you're not really aiming it, but rather just pointing it in some vague direction.
As an alternative, you can use the idiomatic expression "take aim", which is commonly associated with the action of aiming a weapon, rather than some metaphorical aim.
How to correctly take aim at your target (when firing a semiautomatic rifle).
edited Feb 9 at 7:14
V2Blast
14317
answered Feb 8 at 15:21
AndrewAndrew
67.9k676150
edited Feb 9 at 7:14
V2Blast
14317
edited Feb 9 at 7:14
V2Blast
14317
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V2Blast
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AndrewAndrew
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answered Feb 8 at 15:21
AndrewAndrew
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AndrewAndrew
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Now I'm kicking myself for not thinking of the "no adverb" case...
– SamBC
Feb 8 at 16:59
1
@SamBC No particular genius insight on my part -- I just Googled "how to aim ..." and picked the first auto-suggestion ("how to aim a shotgun") . :)
– Andrew
Feb 8 at 18:42
add a comment |
Now I'm kicking myself for not thinking of the "no adverb" case...
– SamBC
Feb 8 at 16:59
1
@SamBC No particular genius insight on my part -- I just Googled "how to aim ..." and picked the first auto-suggestion ("how to aim a shotgun") . :)
– Andrew
Feb 8 at 18:42
Now I'm kicking myself for not thinking of the "no adverb" case...
– SamBC
Feb 8 at 16:59
Now I'm kicking myself for not thinking of the "no adverb" case...
– SamBC
Feb 8 at 16:59
1
1
@SamBC No particular genius insight on my part -- I just Googled "how to aim ..." and picked the first auto-suggestion ("how to aim a shotgun") . :)
– Andrew
Feb 8 at 18:42
@SamBC No particular genius insight on my part -- I just Googled "how to aim ..." and picked the first auto-suggestion ("how to aim a shotgun") . :)
– Andrew
Feb 8 at 18:42
add a comment |
Idiomatically, the phrase to aim true might work. "True" here is in the sense of "straight, accurate, and without deviation", rather than the more common sense of "a statement agreeing with the facts". As an example, we have the headline How to Aim True at the F-class World Championships.
answered Feb 8 at 17:00
Michael SeifertMichael Seifert
1513
add a comment |
Idiomatically, the phrase to aim true might work. "True" here is in the sense of "straight, accurate, and without deviation", rather than the more common sense of "a statement agreeing with the facts". As an example, we have the headline How to Aim True at the F-class World Championships.
answered Feb 8 at 17:00
Michael SeifertMichael Seifert
1513
add a comment |
Idiomatically, the phrase to aim true might work. "True" here is in the sense of "straight, accurate, and without deviation", rather than the more common sense of "a statement agreeing with the facts". As an example, we have the headline How to Aim True at the F-class World Championships.
answered Feb 8 at 17:00
Michael SeifertMichael Seifert
1513
Idiomatically, the phrase to aim true might work. "True" here is in the sense of "straight, accurate, and without deviation", rather than the more common sense of "a statement agreeing with the facts". As an example, we have the headline How to Aim True at the F-class World Championships.
answered Feb 8 at 17:00
Michael SeifertMichael Seifert
1513
answered Feb 8 at 17:00
Michael SeifertMichael Seifert
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answered Feb 8 at 17:00
Michael SeifertMichael Seifert
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answered Feb 8 at 17:00
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Are you sure you need any adverb (not adjective)? What's wrong with "How to Aim"? There is no way "how to aim" would ever mean "how to aim poorly."
– Juhasz
Feb 8 at 14:44
Instead of those, how about "How to hit the target?" or "Aiming to hit the target?"
– Robusto
Feb 8 at 14:46
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[You must learn] how to aim sounds just a bit too "clipped" for me in this context. I'd prefer ...how to take aim.
– FumbleFingers
Feb 8 at 14:51
@FumbleFingers how to aim a shotgun sounds much better than how to take aim with a shotgun. Even if it ends with aim, take aim makes it sound wordy. The addition of take even adds a bit of ambiguity imo
– Aethenosity
Feb 9 at 20:36
@Aethenosity: Unlike you, I have no particular preference for or against either if followed by [with, using,...] a shotgun. But the question as posed doesn't include that additional context.
– FumbleFingers
Feb 10 at 17:20