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English is not my native, and i never understand word "text book". aren't all books have text in it?
169 u/KGEOFF89 1d ago Textbook colloquially means a book in an educational setting 26 u/totaly-Normal-person 1d ago wait a second, aren't education books usually have more pictures than usual? so "text book" is a book with less text? 40 u/Pitcherhelp 1d ago "Earlier (1730) it meant "book printed with wide spaces between the lines" for notes or translation (such as would have been wanted by students)" https://www.etymonline.com/word/textbook 3 u/Lewa358 1d ago Per page, yes, but textbooks tend to be denser and longer than comparable books for their age range.
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Textbook colloquially means a book in an educational setting
26 u/totaly-Normal-person 1d ago wait a second, aren't education books usually have more pictures than usual? so "text book" is a book with less text? 40 u/Pitcherhelp 1d ago "Earlier (1730) it meant "book printed with wide spaces between the lines" for notes or translation (such as would have been wanted by students)" https://www.etymonline.com/word/textbook 3 u/Lewa358 1d ago Per page, yes, but textbooks tend to be denser and longer than comparable books for their age range.
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wait a second, aren't education books usually have more pictures than usual? so "text book" is a book with less text?
40 u/Pitcherhelp 1d ago "Earlier (1730) it meant "book printed with wide spaces between the lines" for notes or translation (such as would have been wanted by students)" https://www.etymonline.com/word/textbook 3 u/Lewa358 1d ago Per page, yes, but textbooks tend to be denser and longer than comparable books for their age range.
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"Earlier (1730) it meant "book printed with wide spaces between the lines" for notes or translation (such as would have been wanted by students)"
https://www.etymonline.com/word/textbook
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Per page, yes, but textbooks tend to be denser and longer than comparable books for their age range.
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u/totaly-Normal-person 1d ago
English is not my native, and i never understand word "text book". aren't all books have text in it?