Re: Blank pages

Subject: Re: Blank pages
From: Penny Staples <pstaples -at- AIRWIRE -dot- COM>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 10:34:48 -0500

> A previous post from Ann Mackenzie mentioned the ever-popular sentence
> "This page intentionally left blank." I *strongly dislike* this
> sentence because, once you've put it on the page, the page ISN'T BLANK
> ANYMORE (deep breath!!!).
>
> Anyway, for years now I've used the phrase "This page for your notes."
> on pages at the end of a chapter. Anybody else have any other creative
> ideas for replacements?

Call me a rebel, but I just leave blank pages blank, except for the
header, footer and page number. The page number, header and footer
tell the reader that the page is supposed to be there. Is there any
reason to explain it further?

- Penny Staples
pstaples -at- airwire -dot- com

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