That's fine - I'm going to keep using papers, given that's the literal
use in legislature, and it makes more sense that a legislative body
is lacking papers, not lacking paper:

white pa·per noun; plural noun: White Papers;
   a government or other authoritative report giving information or
   proposals on an issue.


On Mon, 2 Apr 2018, Corona wrote:
> ​I prefer my uncountable paper, thank you very much.​
> 
> On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 8:55 AM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 2 Apr 2018, Aris Merchant wrote:
> > > Also, how often do you say "Bring me two papers"? It's
> > > usually pieces or sheets, but not papers. The main time you'd hear a
> > number
> > > of papers is when talking about papers submitted to a conference or
> > > journal, not for mere physical sheets.
> >
> > What if each Paper is actually a Government White Paper describing why
> > the proposed legislation is necessary?
> >
> >
> >
>

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