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Tell me if the following verbs are the same: scratch and claw. How can I use them? Examples please.
Mar 16, 2015 10:17 PM
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"To claw" is more violent than "to scratch." A scratch can be on accident, but to claw something is on purpose. Also, you "scratch" things, but "claw at" things. Ex. "My cat scratched me, but it did not hurt a lot.." Ex. "The lion clawed at him, so he needed to go to the hospital."
March 16, 2015
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