Mac says usb stick is full when it isn't

I'm trying to copy files to a usb stick but my mac keeps telling me the stick is full, even when I know it isn't. Deleting other files on the usb stick doesn't help at all. I've tried a few different sticks - sometimes I can get it to work but eventually it decides the usb stick is full even when it isn't and even if I delete all the other data off it, and then it won't copy.

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Just remember, after you delete something you'll need to empty the trash to recover the space, and for the USB stick it will need to be attached whilst that recovery takes place.
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18tracks, a KB is small, Ill give you that, but the reply you typed alone, if copied to TextEdit and saved in TXT or RTF format should only be several bytes (under a KB), I have Java and Class files with plenty more text in it and they only range from 1KB to 8KBs, way below 30KB, though if I were to save this webpage as an HTML file, then yes, it would probably get close
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