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[whl626]

" the sun burnt the skin on my arms. "

Can I say " my arms skin were scorched by the sun " to mean the same thing ?

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by whl626

" the sun burnt the skin on my arms. "

Can I say " my arms skin were scorched by the sun " to mean the same thing ?

The skin on my arms was scorched by the sun. :D

'skin' is singular. It covers your entire body in one single top layer. There are no parts. So it's singular.

:( arms' skin means, *skin of my arms
Skin covers your arms, so use skin on my arms


Cas :D

[whl626]

Thanks Cas :)

Arms' skin sounds awkward indeed :P

[Tdol]

I'd omit 'skin' altogether- the sun is unlikely to burn the bones.

[RonBee]

Originally Posted by whl626

" the sun burnt the skin on my arms. "

Can I say " my arms skin were scorched by the sun " to mean the same thing ?

I've only heard "I got a sunburn" or "I got a sunburn on my back" or some expression such as that.

:)

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by RonBee

I've only heard "I got a sunburn" or "I got a sunburn on my back" or some expression such as that.

:)

A colleague once mentioned that it wasn't until his second year of university, in a morphology class in which he was analysing compound words, that he noticed to his embarrassement and shame that a word he had always know as [sum]burn was not spelled 'someburn':

:D I've got a sunburn on my back.
:( I've got a sumburn on my back.

:D I've got some burn on my back.
:( I've got a someburn on my back.

Cas :D

[RonBee]

[whl626]

" i got a sunburn on my back " is the most appropriate way of ssaying I guess :). Any mentioning about the skin sounds like a direct translation from a mother tongue of sorts :)

[RonBee]

May I make a suggestion? Say: mention of. Example:

• I dislike that guy so much that at the mention of his name I see red.

Common collocations:

• talk about
  mention of
  speak of

English is a funny language.

:wink:

[whl626]

I see, and discuss something :). Not discuss about :P. But it seems that even people know it, they can't help making the same mistake. If I am not wrong, it will be universally accepted in the future because it is an incorrigible mistake :P like an automatic pilot in speech.