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Joe Kim Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Stop the scratching

A person is scratching a car and now there are lots of scratches on the car. To prevent the further damage, THE scratching should be stopped.

1. Is the sentence above using "the scratching" correct?

Now you are telling the damager to stop --
"Stop the scratching".

2. Is this correct Too? Or never! and always stick to no the? Even if it seems to me I am referring to the specific scratching.

3. Stop the scratches. - to mean scratching as in I need scratches (= I need scratching) -- is this also correct?

  

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This is the result of what happens when someone keys your car. Is this what you are talking about?

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This is the result of what happens when someone keys your car. Is this what you are talking about?

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