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La2lura Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Can you use cc as a verb?

What is the correct way of using cc (carbon copy) in writing to explain that you sent yourself a carbon copy? Can cc be made into a verb? Can you say: "I sent him an email and cc-ed it to myself"?
  

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In business correspondence it's quite common. If you want to express it without the business jargon: I sent him an e-mail, keeping a copy for myself. CJ

  • In business correspondence it's quite common.
  • If you want to express it without the business jargon: I sent him an e-mail, keeping a copy for myself.
  • CJ
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In business correspondence it's quite common.
If you want to express it without the business jargon:

I sent him an e-mail, keeping a copy for myself.


CJ
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Thank you. Do you mean that in business correspondence people actually write cc in the past tense as cc-ed? Thanks.
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La2lurawrite cc in the past tense as cc-ed? Thanks.
"To cc" is not a verb, it is an abreviation.
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La2luraWhat is the correct way of using cc (carbon copy) in writing to explain that you sent yourself a carbon copy? Can cc be made into a verb? Can you say: "I sent him an email and cc-ed it to myself"?
I tend to write e.g. "I cc'd it to X", "I bcc'd it to myself".

If you wanted to draw attention to the cc-ing, e.g. at the close of a letter or email,
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CC doesn't mean CArbon copy anymore. It means Courtesy copy.

And yes you CC yourself or someone else on mails. You don't need to say I sent him a CC. You can just say I CCed him.
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Bokeh"To cc" is not a verb, it is an abreviation.
It is an abbreviation that is used as a noun. As with any noun in English, it can be used as a verb. And frequently is.

Despite Calvin saying, "verbing weirds language" it is actually a perfectly standard process.
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What's the point of sending yourself a Cc, when you always have it on the "Sent" tray?

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