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Thu 20 Mar, 2014 03:50 am
My sentences:
-For those to whom I said that I wouldn't need hardcopy (NOT in the plural), please discard that information. Now I need hardcopy (NOT in the plural) from everyone.
Are my sentences natural and correct English? Can I use HARDCOPY this way?
First, the use of a single word is not correct. It should be "hard copy," not "hardcopy."
Yes, you can use it that way, it's a common enough usage. Some people might write "hard copies," and this would be especially true if they are getting different content in the messages for which they are insisting on a hard copy. What you have written is not wrong, other than that you should not make a single word of hard copy.
-To everyone I told that I wouldn't need a hard copy, please disregard that message. I now need hard copies from everyone.
@WBYeats,
S. above notwithstanding, WB, it's a trend, at least here in the US, to push words together
https://www.google.ca/#q=hardcopy
https://www.google.ca/#q=trend+compounding+words
Contrary to an (my) earlier message I now need hardcopy from everyone