The verbs for book pages?

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What is the verbs for book pages? For example, can we say that someone turns a book from page 3 to page 4? Or turn the pages? Thank you very much!

Thank you ! What I try to express is that some book pages are stiff and difficult to be turned. — Superuser, Oct 29 '15 at 08:27
Apart from that, you can try; Flip through the pages and go through the leaves of the book — Usernew, Oct 29 '15 at 08:31
Yes, use turn. But we turn "[from page X] to page Y" or we can "turn the page". We don't *"turn the book" :) — Araucaria - Not here any more., Oct 29 '15 at 08:52
@Araucaria - ""turns a book ..."seems fine to me. The reader could be turning magazine pages. So "Ralph turned the book from page to page." We don't know if Ralph is reading or just looking at the pictures though. — MaxW, Oct 29 '15 at 09:28
@MaxW Yes, I think you're right. I more meant we don't normally say "he turned the book from page one to page two". You're right :) — Araucaria - Not here any more., Oct 29 '15 at 09:30
All of these suggestions seem fine. An additional one, if you are going to start at a specific page (maybe a textbook in class) you could say "open the book to page 34" — Joseph Rogers, Oct 29 '15 at 20:30
Thank hou very much! It is very helpful. Now I know the verbs for pages could be flip, turn, and go. — Superuser, Oct 29 '15 at 23:40

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 29 '15 at 12:22

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The best solutions for your question:

"Turn the page", "Turn to page 4" or "Turn one page"

answered Oct 29 '15 at 12:22

Elias Pinheiro

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