YOU SAID:
i should have been a pair of ragged claws
INTO JAPANESE
私は不規則な爪のペアでなければなりませんでした
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I had to be an irregular pair of nails
INTO JAPANESE
私は不規則な爪でなければなりませんでした
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I had to have irregular nails
INTO JAPANESE
私は不規則な爪を持っていなければなりませんでした
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I had to have irregular nails
That didn't even make that much sense in English.