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HUBLOT Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Scrub (at) a stain with ...
- scrub a stain with something
- scrub at a stain with something
Do these two mean the same and are they correct?
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- scrub at a stain with something
Do these two mean the same and are they correct?
WRITE DESCRIPTION HERE
WRITE DESCRIPTION HERE
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Yes, they mean the same. However, scrubbing at a stain implies that the area around the stain will also be scrubbed. It would, to speak accurately, be difficult to scrub only the stain.
- Yes, they mean the same.
- However, scrubbing at a stain implies that the area around the stain will also be scrubbed.
- It would, to speak accurately, be difficult to scrub only the stain.
- However, I would call it correct.
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Yes, they mean the same. However, scrubbing at a stain implies that the area around the stain will also be scrubbed. It would, to speak accurately, be difficult to scrub only the stain. However, I would call it correct.
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For me, "scrub at" suggests in this case that she is trying to have an effect but perhaps not succeeding.
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GPY trying to have an effect but perhaps not succeeding.Yes, that was my first inclination. Better to get the OxyClean and soak it out.
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