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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a scratch" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a mark or injury on a surface, typically the skin, caused by a sharp object.
Example: "After playing outside, I noticed a scratch on my arm from the branches of the bushes."
Alternatives: "a cut" or "a scrape".
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Not a scratch.
A scratch on the screen.
"But it's like a scratch.
"Not even a scratch," he reported.
"Merely a scratch", he says, insouciantly.
Before you reconfigure, mount a scratch monkey.
They do love a scratch.
Oh, brother, a scratch on the fender.
There's not a scratch on it.
Barely a scratch on it.
They emerged without a scratch.
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