[lit-ideas] Re: GRE Registration
- From: Judy Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Erin Holder" <erin.holder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 02:37:41 +0100
and any piece of paper can be made into scrap
Friday, May 13, 2005, 2:22:12 AM, Erin Holder wrote:
EH> But any piece of paper can be jotted on.
EH> Erin
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EH> Friday, May 13, 2005, 12:23:06 AM, Robert Paul wrote:
EH> RP> Judy Evans wrote:
EH> >> RP> Just what you'd expect a Canadian to say. However, scrap paper,
although
EH> >> RP> it can be jotted on (q.v.) is paper meant for scrap.
EH> >>
EH> >> No it is not! It is scrap paper!
EH> RP> I'm not sure how this gets us any forwarder.
EH> Scrap paper is paper that can be jotted on, not paper that is intended
EH> for scrap.
EH> http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/tests/mathstest.htm
EH>
EH> http://www.wasteonline.org.uk/resources/InformationSheets/Paper.htm
EH> *waste* paper may be made into scrap, "scrap" paper used for jotting
EH> on during that process:
EH> http://www.ecoaction.richmond.gov.uk/paper.htm
EH> "Scrap" paper is not acceptable in all examinations -- see below --
EH> but not because it is intended only for scrap:
EH> http://www.lnat.ac.uk/faqs.html
EH> computer printout paper "will be reused either for computer printing
EH> or as scrap paper for notes, drafts etc. The Company recycles its
EH> **waste** paper," (** mine)
EH> http://www.hydro-logic.co.uk/BB_environmentalPolicy.php
EH> "scrap" paper may be used in fax machines and for printing internal
EH> memos etc.:
EH> http://www.recyclenow.com/at_work/scale_down_the.html
EH> I think these pages (consecutive top hits for "scrap paper" +UK) serve
EH> to make the point that in the UK (and, it seems, Canada) "scrap paper"
EH> normally means what "scratch paper" means in the US. Some people here
EH> do, it seems, now say "scratch paper", I suspect by analogy with
EH> "scratch pad", as in online and other software scratch pads.
EH> I also think this gets us forwarder.
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