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automation of manual generation[edit]

This is a horrible, difficult to parse phrase due to the multiplicity of senses the last two words have (one of which is an antonym of a form of the first word!) and the fact that "manual" reads an an adjective at first. Someone more invested than me should fix it. 184.56.114.218 (talk) 15:57, 7 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Lazlo Texts[edit]

After looking at the book "Lazlo Letters" on Open Library, I can't seem to find any pages marked "free paper". I will leave it up to a more experienced Wikipedian to remove this, as I am not exactly sure what to do in this case. Evenite (talk) 04:14, 29 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Omitted "to be" verb[edit]

In the phrase "This page intentionally left blank", the implied verb "to be" is omitted. I have been told that it should be "This page is (or was or will be) intentionally left blank," but I'm happy with the form that is commonly seen. Does anyone know what it is called when the "to be" verb is omitted from a statement such as this? Grammarians must have some term that applies here. Ba2kell (talk) 16:43, 25 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sheet Music[edit]

This part...

"For example, a three-page work (starting on the left-hand sheet) followed immediately by a two-page work involves one page turn during each work. If a blank page immediately follows the three-page work (on the right-hand sheet), the two-page work will span the left and right pages, alleviating the need for a page turn during the second work. Intentionally blank pages may also prevent a page turn during a difficult passage."

... make no sense to me. The word "page" shows up ten times and it seems to mean something different each time. Is it a sheet of paper, or a block of text filling half a sheet, or a numbered count of designated text? Mooseman2 (talk) 13:44, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]