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MUSCOVITE Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
sandpaper
Hi,
(1) sandpaper - always written as one word?
(2) sandpaper - informal, abrasive paper - formal?
(3) Do you ever hear people using glasspaper for sandpaper?
(4) Would it be passable to figuratively use the verb "to sandpaper" in context like (sic!) to sandpaper a (draft) document? ... to polish up a doc is fine of course ... just looking for a less banal alternative :-)
mus-te
(1) sandpaper - always written as one word?
(2) sandpaper - informal, abrasive paper - formal?
(3) Do you ever hear people using glasspaper for sandpaper?
(4) Would it be passable to figuratively use the verb "to sandpaper" in context like (sic!) to sandpaper a (draft) document? ... to polish up a doc is fine of course ... just looking for a less banal alternative :-)
mus-te
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) to sandpaper a (draft) document? to polish up a doc is fine of course ... just looking for a less banal alternative :-) I'd be careful with that.
- ) to sandpaper a (draft) document?
- to polish up a doc is fine of course ...
- just looking for a less banal alternative :-) I'd be careful with that.
- term=sandpaper .
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MUSCOVITE(4) Would it be passable to figuratively use the verb "to sandpaper" in context like (sic!) to sandpaper a (draft) document? ... to polish up a doc is fine of course ... just looking for a less banal alternative :-)I'd be careful with that. See http://ww
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AnonymousI'd be careful with that. See this .Thanks for the warning Anon!
Learning
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1. Yes, sandpaper is written as one word.
2. I've rarely heard sandpaper referred to as abrasive paper.
3. I've never heard sandpaper referred to as glasspaper. Note that sandpaper is used for wood surfaces. For metal surfaces you'd use emery cloth.
4. Sandpaper can be used figuratively, but usually not in the phrase "sandpaper a draft." Typically it is used in as
2. I've rarely heard sandpaper referred to as abrasive paper.
3. I've never heard sandpaper referred to as glasspaper. Note that sandpaper is used for wood surfaces. For metal surfaces you'd use emery cloth.
4. Sandpaper can be used figuratively, but usually not in the phrase "sandpaper a draft." Typically it is used in as
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I think glasspaper is more common in British English. I don't recall hearing the term used in the US. At one time glass particles were widely used as the abrasive, so it was indeed glasspaper.
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