how I can use "Detriment"
1. Staring at a screen too much time is to the detriment of your eyesight.
2. Looking at a screen for a long time is detrimental to your eyesight.

Do you use the words correctly in the above 2 sample sentences ?

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how I can use "Detriment"
1. Staring at a screen too much time is to the detriment of your eyesight.
2. Looking at a screen for a long time is detrimental to your eyesight.

Do you use the words correctly in the above 2 sample sentences ?

Answer

Choice #2 is how I would say it, although you could substitute "staring" for "looking".

You can say "to the detriment of" but it is much less common in this kind of structure. If I were going to say it that way I would change sentence #1 to:

Staring at a screen for a long period of time is to the detriment of your eyesight.

In reality, though, I would never say that. I would stay with sentence #2.

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