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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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scratched/touched the surface

0Concerning the mayor's crime, yesterday's news report was weak and barely 01b00scratched/touched02b00 the surface.02br
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00Do both scratched and touched fit in the above and mean about the same to you? Thanks.0-
  

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0Well, I don't know about the US but over here we use02br
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00scratch the surface02br
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00touch on a subject02br
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00and you certainly can't start mixing the words up.0-
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0Thanks, Nona.02br
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00To make sure, can I use 'touched on the subject" to replace "scratched the surface" in the base sentence? 0-
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0AH, now hang on...02br
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00barely scratched the surface - didn't look at it in any depth02br
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00barely touched on the subject - didn't look at it for very long.0-

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