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Originally, "cc" written on a paper letter meant that someone else had been sent a carbon copy of the letter. Carbon paper is not used to make ... 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Natsuna SeniorMember Japanese/日本語 copysomebodyin(onsomething) tosendsomebodyacopyofaletter,anemailmessage,etc.thatyouaresendingtosomebodyelse Canyoucopymeinonyourreport? Source:"copyin"-OxfordLearner'sDictionaries​ ccsomething(tosomebody)ccsomebodysomething(informal) tosendsomebodyacopyofaletteroremailmessagethatyouaresendingtosomebodyelse Hermessagewassenttothecompanypresidentandcc'edtous. Pleasedon’tccmeonyouremails.Mymailboxisfullenough. Source:"cc"-OxfordLearner'sDictionaries​ Thesedefinitionsmakemethinkthat"copysomeoneinonanemail"and"ccsomeoneonanemail"meanthesamething,butdothephrasesactuallymeanthesamething?   Mahantongo SeniorMember English(U.S.) Originally,"cc"writtenonapaperlettermeantthatsomeoneelsehadbeensentacarboncopyoftheletter.Carbonpaperisnotusedtomakecopiesanymore,buttheoldabbreviationliveson,andpeoplewillwrite"cc"evenifthecopyisaphotocopy,oranadditionalelectronictransmission.Thus,while"cc"and"copy"donotliterallymeanthesamethingforthosewhowanttobepicky,asactuallyusedinmodernbusinesscorrespondencethemeaningsareinfactthesame.   perpend Banned AmericanEnglish IagreewithMahantongo,whogaveagreatexplanation. Ifyouwanttotrythephrasesoutinasentence,Natsuna,thatmayhelpyouunderstandbetter.Createyourownsentence. Peopleherewillhelp.   Natsuna SeniorMember Japanese/日本語 Thanksalot,Mahantongoandperpend. Here'sadialogthatI'vejustwritten: Tom:Hello,Cathy.JanetandIaregoingtohaveahomepartythiscomingSaturday,andIneedtoemailheraboutitrightnow.Wouldyouliketojoinus? Cathy:I'dloveto.Canyoucopymeinontheemail?/Canyouccmeontheemail? Doboththe"copyin"versionandthe"cc"versionsoundnaturalinthisdialog?Isthereanydifferenceinmeaning?   perpend Banned AmericanEnglish Wow.That'sagoodquestion,Natsuna.Thanksformorecontext. Imightsay:Canyoucc:meinyoure-mail?   Natsuna SeniorMember Japanese/日本語 Thanksalotforyourreply,perpend. Althoughyousaidyoumightsay"Canyoucc:meinyoure-mail,"wouldbothCanyoucopymeinontheemail?andCanyouccmeontheemail?beacceptable?Anydifferenceinmeaning?   Glasguensis SignalModulation France English-Scotland PersonallyIwouldsay"canyouputmeoncopyofyourmail",or"canyoucopymeonthemail".Iseenodifferencebetweentheseandbetweenthetwoversionsyouhad-anyofthefourformscanbeused,it'sjustamatterofpersonalstyle.   D dcx97 Banned Hindi-India Natsunasaid: Thanksalotforyourreply,perpend. Althoughyousaidyoumightsay"Canyoucc:meinyoure-mail,"wouldbothCanyoucopymeinontheemail?andCanyouccmeontheemail?beacceptable?Anydifferenceinmeaning? Clicktoexpand... Ijustcameacrossthefollowing: OnDec.21,thePentagoncopiedhimonaletterfromOlshanskyattheCenterforConstitutionalRights. (TheNewYorkTimes,October20,2007) Ithinkthatwhetheryouusetheverb"cc"(pronounced"sea-sea")or"copy",youwillnotuse"in"before"ontheemail/letter".AndIthinktheverb"tocc"isnotusedasmuchas"tocopy"inAmericanEnglish.   Myridon SeniorMember Texas English-US dcx97said: AndIthinktheverb"tocc"isnotusedasmuchas"tocopy"inAmericanEnglish. Clicktoexpand... ThebuttoninMicrosoftOutlookislabelled"CC"soit'sstillquitecommontouse"CC".Youcanalsobcc(blindcarboncopy)someone,butMicrosoftmakesyousearchfortheBCCbutton.   D dcx97 Banned Hindi-India Thanks.   RM1(SS) SeniorMember Connecticut English-US(Midwest) dcx97said: Ithinkthatwhetheryouusetheverb"cc"(pronounced"sea-sea")or"copy",youwillnotuse"in"before"ontheemail/letter". Clicktoexpand... Icertainlywouldn't.   D dcx97 Banned Hindi-India Thanksforconfirming.   W whenu Banned Mandarin-Singapore Myridonsaid: ThebuttoninMicrosoftOutlookislabelled"CC"soit'sstillquitecommontouse"CC".Youcanalsobcc(blindcarboncopy)someone,butMicrosoftmakesyousearchfortheBCCbutton. Clicktoexpand... WhenyouareCC'ingsomeoneyouusuallysay"Iamcopyingyouonthee-mail"ratherthan"IamCC-ingyouonthee-mail." Myquestionis:whatverbdoyouusewhenyouareBCC'ingsomeone?   Glasguensis SignalModulation France English-Scotland Iwouldsayeither“Canyouputmeonblindcopy”or“canyouBCCme”.Butitisunusualtorequestthisexceptwhenyouaregivinganinstructiontoasubordinate.   I Iseeyou Banned English-USA Iwouldsay"CouldyouBCCme?" Bytheway,Idon'tthink"CouldyouCCme?"iswrong.Itsoundsasgoodas"Couldyoucopymeonthee-mail?"tome.PerhapssomeotherAmericanscouldtelluswhattheythink.   A al-Ghareeb Banned Arabic-SaudiArabia Ithink"Couldyoucopymeonthee-mail?"soundsmuchbetterthan"CouldyouCCme?"   A antigue Banned English-USA al-Ghareebsaid: Ithink"Couldyoucopymeonthee-mail?"soundsmuchbetterthan"CouldyouCCme?" Clicktoexpand... Bothwillwork,atleastinAmericanEnglish.Don'tknowaboutBritishorothervarieties.   Status Notopenforfurtherreplies. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top