The phrase "a scrap of note" is not commonly used in written English and may sound awkward.
It could be used when referring to a small piece of paper or a brief message, but it is more typical to say "a scrap of paper" or "a note."
Example: "I found a scrap of note tucked inside the book, with a reminder about the meeting."
Alternatives: "a piece of paper" or "a note fragment."
I usually wrap my cuttings in a moist paper towel, with a scrap of paper noting the plant's name, if I know it, and its location and date, and carry them home in a plastic bag.
He started with only a scrap of paper, a note from the hospital that read: "Patient is a 34-year-old white male firefighter... who was knocked unconscious by falling debris just outside the trade center".
Scribbled on a scrap of paper, the note promised Heidelberg information that would "clear-up the error made".
Scribbled on a scrap of paper, the note promised Heidelberg information that would "clear-up the error made". It was the first communication he received from James Clark, who would go on to sign a confession to the murder for which Heidelberg has spent the last 46 years in prison.
There is not a draft in a drawer, not a scrap of paper with notes for a story or a novel.
Without so much as a scrap of paper for notes, Mark stood in front of that bare microphone stand, looked into the video camera, and waited for what seemed like an eternity.
And very articulate, without a note, without a scrap of anything.
Therefore, it was important to consider the format; a post-it note or a scrap of paper is easily lost at the bottom of a bag, or left in a drawer.
When my first novel came out in 1997, before a reading at the Borders in the Bangor Mall, the bookseller handed me a scrawled note on a scrap of paper.
According to Goldin, she had sent one of Mumia's imprisoned friends a note that was inadvertently written on the flip side of a semi-nude photo of herself; she had thought she was writing the note on a scrap of paper, one of many on her desk.
