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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

fur/hair

Is this sentence correct?
My dog has black hair.
Maybe I should use the word fur instead?
  

Top answer

Hi, For dogs, we commonly use the word 'coat'. My dog has a black coat. Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, For dogs, we commonly use the word 'coat'.
  • My dog has a black coat.
  • Clive
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Hi,

For dogs, we commonly use the word 'coat'.

My dog has a black coat.

Clive
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If the dog sheds, it has fur. If not, it has hair.
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The undercoat of a dog, the part that sheds, makes it a dog that has a fur coat rather than a dog that has a hair coat. That undercoat can actually be spun into yarn!
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