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Hi,Could you please clarify me that my sentences are grammatically correct and right word for these sentences, please?A stone shaved / glanced me by an inch. (means didn’t hit me)A stone shaved / glanced me but only a surface wound.A model airplane shaved / glanced the top of the tree. (means hit, but only surface)Thanks

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

John Aki~~A stone shaved / glanced me by an inch.~~ (means didn’t hit me)

A stone missed me by an inch.

John AkiA stone ~~shaved /~~ glanced off me, but it only left a surface wound.

As shown.

John AkiA model airplane ~~shaved /~~ glanced off the top of the tree. (means hit, but only surface)

As shown. "glance" alone doesn't work. Things "glance off" other things.

glance off: Hit something at an angle and bounce off obliquely.

Examples from the Oxford Dictionary:

‘First, the axes glance off the tree, the wood is so hard to cut.’
‘She laughs uncontrollably, trying to hit me and fight back, but her blows glance off.’
‘Smaller, lighter swords used at close distance would glance off suits of armor.’

CJ

Anonymous · Answer

The stone grazed you. The plane clipped the treetop.

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