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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]

" 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.

'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

 

[whl626]

Thanks Cas

Arms' skin sounds awkward indeed

 

[Tdol]

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

 

[RonBee]

" 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]

" 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.

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':

I've got a sunburn on my back.
I've got a sumburn on my back.

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

Cas

 

[RonBee]

:loling: :loling:

 

[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 . 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 like an automatic pilot in speech.