I am confused on this sentence..
I have written my ideas on this in ( )
Am I too stupid to understand this or... is it a misprint??
The Problem Chapter I
As illustrations of their success, it is stated that a class of young men was received in the army who were nearsighted (unclear distant vision) because their eyes had been habituated to functioning with work which demanded nearsighted vision. (Misprint?? Demanded clear close vision? Unclear at distant while is clear at close?) At first they could not adjust their eyes to distant objects. It very soon developed, however, that the danger involved by that so impressed their minds that their eyes learned to see what was necessary. A soldier was such a good marksman that he was detailed as a sharpshooter. This involved an examination of his eyes by a specialist, who fitted him with glasses. Wearing the glasses, his marksmanship became very poor, and he was dropped from the corps. He was taken charge of by a vision school, his glasses were removed, his skill returned, and be was reinstated as a sharpshooter.
My interpretation is:
"work which demanded nearsighted vision" really means
"work which demanded clear near sight/vision".
To me it's more poor editing or proofreaing than a misprint.
Note I'm hoping he didn't mean that only nearsighted people have very clear close vision!
