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Is it improper grammar to say 'I am itching my mosquito bite' instead of 'I am scratching my mosquito bite'?
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∙ 15y ago
Yes, it is incorrect to say this, as the itch is the annoying impulse in the nerve that makes you want to scratch, and not the other way round. "Itch" is not a verb, and cannot be used as one, nor is a "scratch", although, sometimes, in colloquial talking, it can be used as one.
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