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variations on overview: from fifty thousand feet?

English Language & Usage Asked on November 29, 2020

To follow-up on an excellent related question, what are the varying distinctions between:

From x feet

x foot view

where x is commonly and variously between ten and fifty thousand.

One Answer

The X is not meant to be relative. When someone says 'take a thirty thousand foot view' they're not trying to suggest some varying degree of high level abstraction. The audience has no agreed upon notion of what constitutes a 'twenty-nine thousand foot view'. The person saying 'thirty thousand foot view' is just saying it's at a high level that leaves out many details.

Answered by public wireless on November 29, 2020

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