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Ann225 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Peck away at the edges

Hi,

“We touched on the basics of law.”

Could ‘touch on’ be replaced with ‘peck away’ or does it sound odd?

“We just pecked away at the edges/basics of law.”

Thank you.

  

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It definitely sounds odd to me. CJ

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It definitely sounds odd to me.

CJ

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We skirted around the basics of law.

We sniffed the basics of law.

We dug around the basics of law.

We danced around the basics of law.

We skipped around the basics of law.

We glanced at the basics of law.

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