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#16 (permalink) Thu Jun 05, 2008 0:04 am "copy machine" vs "copying machine"

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"Part-time clerk" seems to imply a stranger, and thus a print shop in the high street, as opposed to e.g. the photocopying room in an office; "copy center" is fine, in that context.

Is "clerk" normally used for someone who works in a high street shop?

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#17 (permalink) Thu Jun 05, 2008 0:52 am "copy machine" vs "copying machine"

Molly wrote:

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"Part-time clerk" seems to imply a stranger, and thus a print shop in the high street, as opposed to e.g. the photocopying room in an office; "copy center" is fine, in that context.

Is "clerk" normally used for someone who works in a high street shop?

"Clerk" appears in the AmE example; "high street" in the BrE explanation.

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#18 (permalink) Thu Jun 05, 2008 8:32 am "copy machine" vs "copying machine"

I do wish he's let us know when he's mixing variants.

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#19 (permalink) Thu Jun 05, 2008 8:46 am "copy machine" vs "copying machine"

Thanks a lot, MrP - very clear explanation _________________ ... something we never have again, I know... I guess I really really know.. Sorry seems to be the hardest word...

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