i'm a student of english language and i study by myself. i've seen this expression in many books and novels but i really can't grasp it. and a dictionary hasn't been much help either. can u help me?
2006-09-24 23:46:51 · 3 answers · asked by avalon 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Both wrong so far. Before the penny post (1840), private carriers delivered letters, and they charged you according to the number of sheets of paper, and it was EXPENSIVE. So after filling up a sheet with fairly large neat handwriting, for economy you could turn it 90 degrees and "cross" the page by writing across the first set of lines. If you did that a second time, it would be "recrossing" the page and making it almost illegible, but that's what the phrase means.
2006-09-25 01:56:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think cross to come through.
to recross to come through again.
2006-09-24 23:56:37 · answer #2 · answered by aahamed24 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
read a page, and then re read the page
2006-09-25 00:07:25 · answer #3 · answered by Happyworms 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋