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Believer Posted 20 years ago
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paper identified

I sometimes have difficulty in deciphering why one used the word "paper." Help.

Give me a paper. (Is he mean a sheet of paper or the paper with a writing on it?)

Turn in all your papers. (I think in this context, it means the papers with writing on them.)
  

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" Help. Give me a paper. ) Turn in all your papers.

  • " Help.
  • Give me a paper.
  • ) Turn in all your papers.
  • ) with writing >>> a paper.
  • Without writing >>> a piece of paper, or less commonly, a sheet of paper.
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Hi,

I sometimes have difficulty in deciphering why one used the word "paper." Help.

Give me a paper. (Is he mean a sheet of paper or the paper with a writing on it?)

Turn in all your papers. (I think in this context, it means the papers with writing on them.)

with writing

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