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[Galen Buttitta]

Maybe “scratching” could be interpreted as a passival here.

> On Jun 28, 2018, at 21:17, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:
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> By (the reverse side of) the same token, I grew up using “itch” as a transitive verb, even though I knew I wasn’t supposed to itch my mosquito bites, for both grammatical and medical reasons.  How general is that usage?
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> LH
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>> On Jun 28, 2018, at 8:20 PM, Barretts Mail <mail.barretts at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>> Vindicated at last! It took more than 40 years, but it turned out I was correct as a child in using “scratch” an intransitive verb. BB
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>>> On 28 Jun 2018, at 14:11, Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>>> "Funny historical photos that will leave your head scratching"
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>>> -Wilson
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