--- title: Hair, nails and ears — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Hair, nails and ears», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Hair, nails and ears look after themselves in many ways, but they need a little sensible care and a few safety rules. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / Hair, nails and ears # Hair, nails and ears Lesson 77 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 23 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/0/) — Hair, nails and ears look after themselves in many ways, but they need a little sensible care and a few safety rules. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/1/) — Long loose hair can catch in moving machines or a flame, so it is tied back near them; and cutting hair does not make it grow back thicker, the cut end only looks blunter. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/2/) — Dirt and germs collect under nails, so nails are kept short and clean; fingernails are cut following their curve and toenails straight across, so they do not grow into the skin. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/3/) — Ears clean themselves: wax slowly moves out by itself, so we wash only the outside, and never push cotton buds or anything else inside. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/4/) — A boy in Vancouver gets water in his ear after swimming; he tilts his head to that side, hops a little, lets it drain and dries the outside with his towel. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/5/) — Long hair is tied back near machines, fire and in science class, because loose hair can catch in moving parts or a flame. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/6/) — Cutting hair does not change how it grows; the cut end only looks blunter. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/7/) — Nails are kept short and clean, and dirt is scrubbed from under them, because germs collect there. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/8/) — Fingernails are cut following the curve and toenails straight across, with nail clippers or by an adult. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/9/) — Toenails cut too short or curved can grow into the skin, which is called an ingrown toenail. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/10/) — Biting nails puts germs in the mouth and hurts the skin around the nails. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/11/) — A hangnail is clipped with clean clippers, because pulling it tears the skin and can cause infection. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/12/) — A sore, red, swollen toe beside the nail may be an ingrown toenail, so you tell a parent. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/13/) — Ears clean themselves, so only the outside is washed, and cotton buds are never pushed inside. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/14/) — Cotton buds push wax deeper and can hurt the eardrum. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/15/) — Things like beads and small toys are never put in the ears or nose, and if it happens you tell an adult at once. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/16/) — Earache can be an infection, so you tell an adult. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/17/) — Very loud sound for a long time, like music on full volume in earbuds all day, can damage hearing for good. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/18/) — Water stuck in the ear is drained by tilting the head to that side, because water left there can cause swimmer's ear. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/19/) — A girl in Toronto pushed a cotton bud deep into her ear; it pressed the wax further in and scratched the eardrum, and her ear hurt for days. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/20/) — A boy in Bristol bit his nails until a fingertip became red, swollen and full of pus, and a doctor had to treat the infection. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/21/) — Cotton buds pushed into the ear can damage the eardrum and push wax deeper, so doctors say not to put anything in the ear. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/77-hair-nails-and-ears/22/) — Biting nails and picking the skin around them can let germs in and cause painful infections. - ← previous: [Washing your body and caring for your hair](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/76-washing-your-body-and-hair/) - next →: [Eyes, nose and using the toilet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)