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Myeng Jo, Kim - 26 Jan 2004 04:29 GMT
Hi, there.

i alway take this news group as a reference, when i have some problems.

I don't know the meaning of *two-folded* exactly, please check the below and
let me clear.

; Your offer must be received TWO-FOLDED by the technical department.

Thanks in advance

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Tony Cooper - 26 Jan 2004 04:35 GMT
>Hi, there.
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>; Your offer must be received TWO-FOLDED by the technical department.

It certainly isn't a common US term.  I would interpret it as folding
your offer sheet into thirds ((two folds) so that the information is
concealed from casual view.

There is a similar common expression, two-fold, that means the offer
or suggestion has two parts or accomplishes two things.  
Lars Eighner - 26 Jan 2004 06:43 GMT
In our last episode,
<qI0Rb.47160$T3.651116@news.bora.net>,
the lovely and talented Myeng Jo, Kim
broadcast on alt.usage.english:

> Hi, there.

> i alway take this news group as a reference, when i have some problems.

> I don't know the meaning of *two-folded* exactly, please check the below and
> let me clear.

> ; Your offer must be received TWO-FOLDED by the technical department.

"Two-fold" may be the word intended.  If so, the most likely interpretation
in American English would be:

"Your offer must be received in duplicate by the technical department"

which in turn means, you must submit the offer and a copy of the
offer.

"Two-folded" might be a term used in some printing business to describe
a product that is folded twice, such as a brochure or booklet which
might be either accordian folded, letter folded or quarto folded.
This seems unlikely in the context.

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