The phrase "to itch" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is commonly used as a verb to describe the sensation of having an irritating feeling on the skin that causes a desire to scratch or rub the affected area. Example: "The mosquito bites caused her skin to itch uncontrollably."
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Her mouth began to itch.
Cage started to itch.
It began to itch.
You are starting to itch.
Stanton was beginning to itch.
His stump begins to itch.
My eyes turned very red and started to itch.
After several blocks, my leg began to itch increasingly.
We were almost seven years into our marriage and something began to itch.
But once the central nervous system becomes overattuned to itch, the impulse backfires, he said.
Was it amped-up retinols or stress that was causing it to itch, scale and swell?
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