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 Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:54 am
What do you consider to be a page in a book. We've all been to school when the teacher says "Open up to page so-and-so". But then we call it a page when we say "Someone ripped a page put of my book". So what really does the word page define?
Do you consider just the numbered side to be a page or do you consider the entire sheet/leaf/paper itself to be a page?
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Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 4:45 pm
Good question.
Depends on the situation for me. If I need to go to a page, I'll go to the one labled 5. But if I'm into something and should stop for whatever reason its the front and back of a page. Or sometimes the right page I'll stop there, and if its mid-sentence then till the end of the paragragh.
Hope that all made some sence.
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Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 8:23 am
The numbered side, beause someone will ask " oh! What page are you on in that book?" and I'll say, page 156 or something like that!
Its quiet funny because i've never had a leaf ripped from a book before!
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Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:38 pm
well i consider a page to be the number itself
the rest is storyline., or plot, or something divine
depending on the book sweatdrop
the number/page is just for reference, nothing more
if a page is missing, i tend to grab a new book
or sigh, and remember what had happened on the missing points of plot
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Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 8:47 pm
Just one side of the paper. That's where its numbered. xp
I usually loose track of pages though. Pages and chapters. I have friends who can't stop reading a book until they've reached the end of a chapter, and they won't go any father. I tend to keep reading until I'm forced to stop.
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:01 pm
Good question.
To myself: The sheet of paper, covered front and back, with no chapter breaks, etc.
To the rest of the world: numbered side of paper.
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 7:40 pm
I consider the entire sheet itself to be a page. There wouldn't be a number without it! xp
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:19 pm
Depends on the context.
If I was to say "A page ripped out" it would mean both sides of the paper, as just one side being ripped out of a sheet is impossible.
And if I wanted to name a specific side of the paper, it would be the page number.
And if you were writing, I would call a "page" of a prose the length of generic notebook binder paper, or double spaced on a word processing program. 3nodding
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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 8:00 pm
I think of a page as a numbered side of the paper. However, my husband usually thinks of a page as the full sheet of paper. Which drives me nuts when he gives an estimate of how many pages he will read before going to sleep. Arg!!!!!!
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2008 4:34 pm
I always thaught a page was what you where before you became a knight XD
But seriously. a Page is the sheet of paper, the numbers specify the side of the page. Thats why the teachers (usualy) say "Turn to page number....." or people ask "What page number are you on?" So a page can be taken out of a book, but the numbers tell which page exactly was taken. 3nodding
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:33 am
Paracket Depends on the context. If I was to say "A page ripped out" it would mean both sides of the paper, as just one side being ripped out of a sheet is impossible. And if I wanted to name a specific side of the paper, it would be the page number. And if you were writing, I would call a "page" of a prose the length of generic notebook binder paper, or double spaced on a word processing program. 3nodding That sounds right to me. Seems like a lot of words in English are context-sensative that way.
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Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 11:02 am
I agree with both red_moon_wolfess and Paracket. They phrased it better than I could have.
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