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Because it is in contrast to scratching with an intervening protective layer between the offending scratching fingers and the wound, i.e. a glove.
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For a bit of context: 'If your job requires more of you, you should require more of your equipment.'
It's possible that if 'from' is used in the second part of the construction, it ought also be used in the first part.
At the mome…
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Still having to get used to that 'more' button.
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@Simone. I'm sorry. I didn't see the 'more' button and only read the first part of your post!
in New Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors Comment by norwegianblue February 2018
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I take it there's no electronic version?
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Thank you!
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Thank you, David Crosbie. This is in the context of spring gardening. Can you, in that context, simply write "now it's time to plant"?
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Thank you!
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Thank you!
This may answer my next question as well. I was going to ask whether "cut resistant" to describe, for instance, a protective glove, should be "cut-resistant" or "cut resistant". May one freely choose either form?
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