How do you describe the things that you throw away?

[Maggie]

Hi,guys

Topic:Make a list of all the things you threw away yesterday! Think about home and work...

The following is my answer.

1.The bags which has been packed potatoes that has been bought from Mcdonalds.

May I say it as 'the bags of potatoes' ?

2.The skins of the apples,mangos,bananas.

3.The bags of sanitary papers.

4. The sanitary papers that has been used.

5. The cups of coffee.

6. The plastic cartons of breakfast.

7. The plastic cups of black tea.

Please correct the below seven items I listed. Thanks in advance.

Maggie
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[Mister Micawber]

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1. Empty McDonalds french fry/fries bags

2. Apple and mango peels, and banana skins

3. Sanitary napkin bags

4. Used sanitary napkins (Ugh! Does this really have to be on your list?)

5. Paper coffee cups

6. Plastic breakfast cartons

7. Plastic tea cups
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[Diverhank]

I don't think she meant what you think...just Kleenex.

[Maggie]

Hi,MM

Your answers are useful. May I add more items? I want to write more items,but I seldom read the items. So it's not easy for me to describe them correctly.

8. 3M post-its(I would use 3M. When they are full of words I write and I don't need them anymore, I would throw them away.)
9. Plastic Coca Cola cups
10. Pens which have no water
11. Old printer which couldn't been printed anymore
12. Washing clothes bags which have holes and I couldn't use them anymore.(I am not sure if there are these kinds of things in other countries.)
13. Aluminum foil milk
14. Papers which has been used completely
15. Empty shampoo
16. Remainder food
17. Used straws
18. Bags for packing other rubbish
19. New clothes tags
20. Soap cartons(each soap has been packed for one carton)
21. Plastic noodles bags
22. Bags for packing each meals
23. Plastic coffee wrap(When I want to have one cup of coffee myself,I would put them with mixed hot water. It costs around 3 cents US dolloars in Taiwan.)
24. Paper instant noodles cartons.
25. Used chopsticks and plastic spoons

And one more questions,may I add definite article 'the' before the terms? Why or why not?

Oh...I found out I need to take good care of our earth more. :p

Thanks so much again.

Maggie^^
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[Mister Micawber]

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The exercise is to list what you threw away yesterday; there is no call for the definite article-- this is first mention of the item-- unless it is explicitly qualified: 'a banana peel' vs 'the banana peel that I found under my bed'.

11. My old printer
12. Mesh laundry bags full of holes
13. An aluminum-foil milk carton
14. Used writing paper
15. An empty shampoo dispenser
16. Leftover food
17. Used straws
18. Unused rubbish bags
19. New clothes tags
20. Soap cartons
21. Plastic noodle bags
22. Used food container bags
23. Plastic instant coffee wrappers
24. Paper instant noodle cartons
25. Used chopsticks and plastic spoons
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[Maggie]

Wow..MM

I really have learned a lot. Thanks a lot.

8. 3M post-its
9. Plastic Coca Cola cups
10. Pens which have no water

But the above items are all correct to call them? Especially for 'Pens which have no water'. I am not sure if I could describe them in that way.

Maggie^^
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[Mister Micawber]

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Oops-- sorry, I missed those when I cut-and-pasted.

8. Old post-it notes
9. Several plastic Coca Cola cups
10. Some empty pens

(The determiners-- some, several, a few, my, etc-- I just used for variety.)
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[Edison_Chen_e_c]

Ohhh, why not go organic? It makes our lives better.

[Maggie]

Hi,MM

Oh! My goodness. I found out one thing now.

4. Used sanitary napkins (Ugh! Does this really have to be on your list?)

Here I don't mean this. My really meaning is the papers people who might be male or female would use in the bathroom. 'Used sanitary napkins' is for female only. Am I right? So how to describe it? (It's a big misunderstaning.)

Maggie
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[Maggie]

Anyway,probably it's not bad to pratice English. :p

Maggie
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[Mister Micawber]

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Diverhank suggested 'kleenex' or tissue paper-- is that what you mean? Otherwise, I know that some people use gauze pads for various cosmetic tasks in the bathroom.
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[Maggie]

Hi,MM

'tissue' is exactly what I mean. Thanks so much.

Maggie^^
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[Conchita]

[Mister Micawber]

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[Maggie]

As I know,sanitary papers is the things that the website shows. http://www.sujay.com.tw/company/year.htm And by the way,does anybody know how to show image? I meant that everyone could see right away in the web page. Thanks in advance.

Maggie^^
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