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Vincent Teo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

bit a piece of meat

Do I say,

The crow bit a piece of meat.
  

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That's OK. But biting is not the same as eating. Clive

  • That's OK.
  • But biting is not the same as eating.
  • Clive
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That's OK.

But biting is not the same as eating.

Clive
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You can say that, perhaps 'bit at' being better. Even better, perhaps, would be 'pecked at'.
While waiting for the bus one day last week I saw a flock of about 20 pigeons attacking a ham sandwich that someone had dropped. They vigorously went after the pieces of bread, breaking them up with every attack. They left the ham until the very last, and as they pecked at the several slices, I was

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