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Do these all sound natural?

Same-Technician9125
1. “Draw a straight line at 60 degrees upwards (downwards) from this point.” 2. “Draw a straight line upwards(downwards) at 60 degrees from this point.” 3”Draw a straight line up(down) at 60 degrees from this point.” 4 “Draw a straight line at 60 degrees up(down) from this point.”

3 comments

zebostoneleigh•
They all sound a little bit off. #4 is close, but it should be 4) Draw a straight line 60° up from this point. Thing is… From a geometry standpoint it’s just wrong. You can’t draw a line 60° from a point. You need two lines to form an angle through a point. So maybe it should be: Draw a second line through this point such that the angle between the lines is 60° .
unrenderedmu•
60 degrees relative to what though? If all I have is a single dot/point I could draw a vertical line and be correct, or I could draw a horizontal line and still be correct. From a 'dot' perspective any direction could be considered 60 degrees.
sfwaltaccount•
It's not clear what the degrees are in relative to in any of these. (Unless it's relative to "this point", but I assume that's starting place of the line instead.)