Do you ever say "get a -piece of paper" instead o

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Do you ever say "get a -piece of paper" instead o

Post by cftranslate » Tue Oct 05, 2004 10:30 pm

I mean when asking students to get it.
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Post by cftranslate » Tue Oct 05, 2004 10:31 pm

I mean if you say piece of paper when referring to a full sheet of paper.
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Post by Lorikeet » Wed Oct 06, 2004 4:17 am

Absolutely. A piece of paper can be any size as far as I'm concerned.
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Post by Roger » Wed Oct 06, 2004 9:43 am

"A sheet of paper" sounds too precise for me! My students might ask me: "Do you mean an A 4 size sheet of paper or an A 3 size one?"
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