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Tinanam0102 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

Is brush and slash right?

Hi teachers,

If you sit in an aisle seat on a crowded bus, someone holding a folder with sharp corners accidentally brushes your face, leaving you with a slash.

Can you tell me how to make the sentences natural?
Thanks
TN
  

Top answer

Change 'slash' to 'scratch'.

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  • Change 'slash' to 'scratch'.
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6 Answers
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Change 'slash' to 'scratch'.
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As you have written this, your sentence says that this happens every time you sit in an aisle seat on a crowded bus.

Is this your intended meaning? I think not.

Clive.
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Hi Clive,, hi Rover,

I didn't know what tense I should use when describing an action that I make up to understand how to use the vocabulary.
Would 'swipe my face' or 'brush my face' be alright?

Thanks
TN
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tinanam0102make the sentences natural
If you sit in an aisle seat on a crowded bus, and someone holding a folder with sharp corners accidentally brushes your face, you [could /might] [be left with a scratch / get scratched / be scratched].

If you sit in an aisle seat on a crowded bus, and someone holding a sharp object accidentally brushes [by / past]
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Hi CalifJim,

Thanks for your help. I don't really know how to describe a plastic folder with four very sharp corners/ rough edges. Especially in winter folder like this can scatch easily.

Thanks
TN
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