Do you ever say "desktop" meaning top of a desk? Lots of dictionaries define it as a computer related thing.
NOT A TEACHER.
I don't think so. A desk doesn't have a top. Assuming that it did, imagine putting something on the bottom of the desk. Where would that be? Under the desk?
The Word Reference dictionary defines desktop 1. the working surface of a desk.
desktop - WordReference.com Dictionary of English
You could certainly wipe that.
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So would you actually say something like, "Put the book on the desktop"? I would just say, "Put the book on the desk."
I would just say, "Put the book on the desk."
I would like to back you up there by saying ''Yes. I don't get to hear that". Many folks would say wipe the desk. I'm going to type an extraction and I would appreciate it if you said how you understand it.
It's about the western stereotype of Japanese women that fit in the 60s. "
"You've got to come to work 30 minutes before the men show up. Wipe the desktops, clean the ashtrays and serve everyone tea."
It's about one of the first women in Japan who was appointed a senior staff writer. I translated "desktop" into my native language as "computer". We do say things like "desktop publishing", don't we?
I don't think the desktop in your sentence is a computer desktop; it's just the working surface of a desk.
To wipe a computer desktop would probably mean to move the files on it to the Recycle Bin.
I would like to back you up there by saying ''Yes. I don't get to hear that". Many folks would say wipe the desk. I'm going to type an extraction and I would appreciate it if you said how you understand it.
It's about the western stereotype of Japanese women that fit in the 60s. "
"You've got to come to work 30 minutes before the men show up. Wipe the desktops, clean the ashtrays and serve everyone tea."
It's about one of the first women in Japan who was appointed a senior staff writer. I translated "desktop" into my native language as "computer". We do say things like "desktop publishing", don't we?