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"I'm anti, can't no government handle a commando / Your man don't want it, Trump's a bitch! I'll make his whole brand go under,"
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Carbon Copy is out. Courtesy Copy is in. CC is still the correct abbreviation. Google just made the official change last week.Last edited by clackamascoug; 01-14-2015, 02:38 PM.
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Originally posted by clackamascoug View PostCarbon Copy is out. Courtesy Copy is in. CC is still the correct abbreviation. Google just made the official change last week.
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourcei...c%3A%20mean%3FLast edited by Jeff Lebowski; 01-14-2015, 03:15 PM."There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
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Originally posted by Commando View PostCertainly don't say "carbon copying," and don't use the made-up gerund form of "cc." e.g. "cc'ing," "c.c.-ing," "c'c'ing" etc. It just doesn't read well and is distracting. I would say "I am copying ____ to this email (which usage is broadly understood and will not imply what you say it does)," or "I am going to cc ____ to this email."Te Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est.
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Originally posted by old_gregg View PostIANAEM, but wouldn't you cc an email to someone, not cc someone to an email?
I'm great at editing work product unless it's mine. I work for a grammar aficianado. He had all 45 attorneys at my company take a pop comma quiz a few months back, which was tricky for the non-U.S. attorneys.Jesus wants me for a sunbeam.
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Originally posted by Katy Lied View PostThis thread is for asking grammar questions and correspondance questions that stump you. Smart people will answer.
Here is one: how do you refer to the action of carbon copying in business correspondence? For example, "I've taken the liberty of cc'ing John Public on this email, as he is tasked with overseeing resources in this area."
cc:ing?
I hate to use the term "carbon copying" because, well, it's not carbon anymore, is it?
Should I just say "I've taken the liberty of copying John Public on this email...?" But that's not exactly precise because it implies that I will send the copy to John after sending the original email. But I am copying him at the same time as the original email.Originally posted by Clark Addison View PostIs the bolded a prediction or a demand?
I would say "copying".
I would also not say "taken the liberty", but that is more a stylistic preference than a grammatical rule.
Qualifications: BA in English who still makes grammatical mistakes frequently
For actual hard copy letters, I still throw a
Cc: John Public
after the signature line of the letter. Then, I'll get out the sheets of carbon and recreate those pages to give to John Public."I think it was King Benjamin who said 'you sorry ass shitbags who have no skills that the market values also have an obligation to have the attitude that if one day you do in fact win the PowerBall Lottery that you will then impart of your substance to those without.'"
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Originally posted by TripletDaddy View PostI would also be transparent and acknowledge that you are blind carbon copying several people but cannot reveal their identities, at least not at this time."Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf
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Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
https://www.garner-it.com/blog/how-w...rtesy-copy-bcc
http://www.bhsu.edu/iits/HelpDesk/Fu...-Copy-BCC.aspx
You're now smarter than you were five minutes ago.Last edited by clackamascoug; 01-14-2015, 03:38 PM.
When poet puts pen to paper imagination breathes life, finding hearth and home.
-Mid Summer's Night Dream
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Originally posted by clackamascoug View Post
You are still as dumb as you were five minutes ago."There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster
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Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View PostThat is not "official google". My link was.
You are still as dumb as you were five minutes ago.
How can you even argue with Black Hills State University?Last edited by clackamascoug; 01-14-2015, 03:49 PM.
When poet puts pen to paper imagination breathes life, finding hearth and home.
-Mid Summer's Night Dream
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Originally posted by clackamascoug View PostEveryone agrees that you're smarter than me, so calling me stupid is just another CC for you."There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster
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Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View PostSorry, but you teed it up so perfectly that I couldn't possibly resist.
while we peacefully co-exist.
Originally posted by Katy Lied View Postlots of smart people weighing in here.Last edited by clackamascoug; 01-14-2015, 04:15 PM.
When poet puts pen to paper imagination breathes life, finding hearth and home.
-Mid Summer's Night Dream
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Originally posted by Moliere View PostYep, I share these thoughts as well. Why say you are copying someone when everyone can already see they are copied? Do you also tell everyone you've attached a file to the email?Fitter. Happier. More Productive.
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