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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Branch scratched him

How would you correctly phrase this please?
A branch doesn't scratch you or does it?

The cat came home with a scratch. A branch scratched him.

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He teased the cat. The cat scratched him. He ran headlong into the thorn bushes.

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  • He teased the cat.
  • The cat scratched him.
  • He ran headlong into the thorn bushes.
  • He was scratched by the thorny branches.
  • ) The thorny branches scratched him.
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He teased the cat.
The cat scratched him.

He ran headlong into the thorn bushes.
He was scratched by the thorny branches. (We commonly use the passive, because it was his, not the branches, fault.)
The thorny branches scratched him. (OK)
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I've been scratched by both a cat and a branch.

The difference is that the cat meant to do it and the branch could not be held accountable.
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Rover_KEthe branch could not be held accountable.
I guess you haven't met Treebeard or one of the Ents.
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