I mean I disagree. A gouge would be a big chuck taken out, a scratch would be a more surface level line where as a scuff would be a patch of surface level damage. I doubt I would ever use scuff in terms of a tyre either.
That is the wonders of language though, everyone uses it differently :D
I’m not saying it can’t be scuffed, I’m saying that personally I wouldn’t use it in that way because like you say I’m from an island that spells tyre with a y :p
Wheel, not tyre. So I presume they curbed an alloy or similar.
Could be, but that’s a very strange choice of language by the author. You scuff a tyre, you scratch or gouge a rim typically.
I mean I disagree. A gouge would be a big chuck taken out, a scratch would be a more surface level line where as a scuff would be a patch of surface level damage. I doubt I would ever use scuff in terms of a tyre either.
That is the wonders of language though, everyone uses it differently :D
Language is wonderful when you know how to use it. Rims are rims, tires are tires and both together are wheels.
I’ll give you scuffs; you certainly understand what a scuff is though.
Easy easy, lemon squeezy.
I mean if you want to be pedantic then;
Wheel: “a circular object connected at the centre to a bar, used for making vehicles or parts of machines move”
So a rim or alloy can and is a wheel with or without a tyre ;)
A tire can be scuffed just like a rim can be scuffed just like a wheel can be scuffed.
They are all equally valid to be scuffed.
And Tyre is old English, go back to your island. ;)
I’m not saying it can’t be scuffed, I’m saying that personally I wouldn’t use it in that way because like you say I’m from an island that spells tyre with a y :p