Contact Lens

Dec 2, 2015 14:35
I wear contact lens on a daily basis.

They are soft and disposable ones, and it costs around 2000 yen per month.

However, the actual manufacturing cost of contact lens seems to be 2 to 10 yen for each lens.

The reason why the selling price is increased is because a lot of things, such as R&D expenses, medical services costs, store management costs, and advertising costs are needed.

If you buy contact lens from online stores without any prescription, the price will become less expensive because of cost reductions of medical services and store managements.

However, it's a little risky.
コンタクトレンズ

私は日常的に、コンタクトレンズを使用しています。

ソフトタイプの使い捨てのもので、一ヶ月に2000円くらいかかります。

しかしこのコンタクトレンズ、製造原価は1枚2円～10円だそうです。

販売価格が大幅に上がるのは、研究開発費や医療サービス費、店舗管理費、広告費などがかかるためです。

処方箋なしでオンラインからコンタクトを購入すると、医療サービス日や店舗管理費が削られるので、大分安く購入できます。

ただし、少々危険です。
No. 1　Harry Spaz's correction
  • Contact Lens
  • Contact Lenses
  • I wear contact lens on a daily basis.
  • I wear contact lenses on a daily basis.
  • They are soft and disposable ones, and it costs around 2000 yen per month.
  • They are soft and disposable ones, and it costs around 2000 yen per month.
    　You could say "they cost", but I think repeating "they" sounds less natural.
  • However, the actual manufacturing cost of contact lens seems to be 2 to 10 yen for each lens.
  • However, the actual manufacturing cost of contact lenses seems to be 2 to 10 yen for each lens.
  • The reason why the selling price is increased is because a lot of things, such as R&D expenses, medical services costs, store management costs, and advertising costs are needed.
  • The reason why the selling price is increased is because a lot of things, such as R&D expenses, medical services costs, store management costs, and advertising costs are needed.
    　Re: "medical service costs". In most cases, when you use a noun as an adjective (this is called a "noun adjunct"), it must be singular. for example, you would say "I love dogs. I'm a dog lover", but not "I'm a dogs lover".

    "Such as" is normally followed only by nouns, so "are needed" sounds unnatural. You could say "such as the need for R&D expenses, medical ..." if you really want to use "need", but I think it's unnecessary.
  • If you buy contact lens from online stores without any prescription, the price will become less expensive because of cost reductions of medical services and store managements.
  • If you buy contact lenses from online stores without any prescription, the price will become less expensive because of cost reductions of medical services and store managements.
    　"without a prescription" sounds more natural than "withour any prescription". "any" sounds too emphatic in this case.

    Rather than "cost reductions", I'd say "lower costs".

    "Management" is uncountable (数えられない名詞), so it can't be used in the plural.
  • However, it's a little risky.
  • This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
kanotown
  • The reason why the selling price is increased is because a lot of things, such as R&D expenses, medical services costs, store management costs, and advertising costs are needed.

    Re: "medical service costs". In most cases, when you use a noun as an adjective (this is called a "noun adjunct"), it must be singular. for example, you would say "I love dogs. I'm a dog lover", but not "I'm a dogs lover".

    "Such as" is normally followed only by nouns, so "are needed" sounds unnatural. You could say "such as the need for R&D expenses, medical ..." if you really want to use "need", but I think it's unnecessary.

Thank you very much for correcting my post! :D
Your explanations are very useful to me.

I have a question.
> "Such as" is normally followed only by nouns, so "are needed" sounds unnatural.
When I don't use "are needed" in this sentence, I think that "because" should be changed to "because of," but is this thinking right?
Harry Spaz
Sorry, I didn't notice that! Yes, you are right. Because the sentence is so long, it's hard to notice. I recommend using "because of" and cutting "are needed", because it will be easier to read.
kanotown
I understand! Thank you very much! :)
No. 2　outdoors's correction
  • They are soft and disposable ones, and it costs around 2000 yen per month.
  • They are soft and disposable ones, and it they costs around 2,000 yen per month.
  • However, the actual manufacturing cost of contact lens seems to be 2 to 10 yen for each lens.
  • However, the actual manufacturing cost of contact lens seems to be 2 to 10 yen for each per lens.
  • The reason why the selling price is increased is because a lot of things, such as R&D expenses, medical services costs, store management costs, and advertising costs are needed.
  • Some of the reasons why the selling for this price is increased is because a lot of things, such as include: R&D expenses, the cost of medical services costs, store management costs, and advertising costs are needed.
  • If you buy contact lens from online stores without any prescription, the price will become less expensive because of cost reductions of medical services and store managements.
  • If you buy contact lenses from online stores without any prescription, the price will become less expensive because of the reduced medical services and store managements costs reductions of .
kanotown
Thank you so much for correcting my post! :D
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