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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
paper or papers
Hi,
Does it have to be the word "papers"? I thought the only countable form for the word "paper" is when it has some writing on it.
(looks like part of a definition of the word "sheaf")
A sheaf of papers is a number of them held ...
Does it have to be the word "papers"? I thought the only countable form for the word "paper" is when it has some writing on it.
(looks like part of a definition of the word "sheaf")
A sheaf of papers is a number of them held ...
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I agree with you on this. I'd say if you take a hundred blank sheets of paper out of the package and hold them in your hand, you're holding a sheaf of paper. Perhaps we're supposed to choose another noun for blank paper - I don't know.
- I agree with you on this.
- I'd say if you take a hundred blank sheets of paper out of the package and hold them in your hand, you're holding a sheaf of paper.
- Perhaps we're supposed to choose another noun for blank paper - I don't know.
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I agree with you on this. I'd say if you take a hundred blank sheets of paper out of the package and hold them in your hand, you're holding a sheaf of paper. Perhaps we're supposed to choose another noun for blank paper - I don't know. You'd definitely say, "a ream of paper," or "a package/box of printer paper."
If the papers have writing on them, as you say, we'd say "a sheaf of
If the papers have writing on them, as you say, we'd say "a sheaf of
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The papers in question refer to documents; has the following the same meaning?
-There was a paper pinned to the dead man's breast. It had some words scrawled on it in ink.
-There was a paper pinned to the dead man's breast. It had some words scrawled on it in ink.
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Johnson13There was a paper pinned to the dead man's breast.This would be said differently in idiomatic English.
There was a note pinned to the dead man's shirt/suit/ ....
The expression 'a piece of paper' is also possible.
CJ
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