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Anonymous

#193183 Mon, 06 Feb 06 12:41 PM

Hi,

When you are referring to the back side of a paper, can you use the phrase "the reverse side of the paper"?

Also, why do you need "a" here when you know that you have one head and using a determiner "a" to precede the head seems to be incongruent to the basic tenet of language equilibrium.

I have a huge head.

Anonymous

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pieanne

#193236 Mon, 06 Feb 06 02:53 PM

I wouldn't say "the reverse side". There is the "verso" too.

You use "a" because "head" is not defined; you would say "I have the huge head of my father/mother".

pieanne

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I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos...

Anonymous

#193727 Tue, 07 Feb 06 01:30 PM

Hi,

Thank you.

Then, please tell me what is "a reverse side"? Is it just a wrong expression?

If it is too difficult to explain in words, could you tell me a reference source to take a look?

Anonymous

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pieanne

#193747 Tue, 07 Feb 06 02:21 PM

No, it's not wrong. But I think you'd better wait fro the opinion of a native. I'm sorry I'm not able to help you better here... Sad [:(]

pieanne