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Fraserpan Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

How to use c/o?

Sometimes you cannot use your own address to receive a mail. Then you might use a friend's address as an intermediary to let the mail pass through your friend, then to you. Should I use c/o? How do I write the receiver's name in appropriate format on the envelope?
  

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Yes. Here is one way of addressing: Mr. John Doe c/o Mrs.

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  • Yes.
  • Here is one way of addressing: Mr.
  • John Doe c/o Mrs.
  • Gladly To Help 123 Any Street Any City, Any State Zip USA
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Yes. Here is one way of addressing:



Mr. John Doe

c/o Mrs. Gladly To Help

123 Any Street

Any City, Any State Zip

USA
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So it means that I was the Mr. John Doe, and the the letter will pass through Mrs ... to me. Right?
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In think c/o means "care of".
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High school students now have borrowed the c/o to indicate class of as in "c/o 2007".
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PhilipHigh school students now have borrowed the c/o to indicate class of as in "c/o 2007".
Interesting.
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0It is amazing that people do not remember the proper way to address a letter, pkg. etc....02br
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00 I have to hold my tongue at work when I see our customer svc rep. who is also in charge of filling out the "ship to" fields of an order. How can I remind her of the correct way, without sounding too critical?0-
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I would tell her that "we need to standardize our address label for all outgoing mail by putting *** on the first line and c/o on the second line".
Well, just my thoughts.
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PhilipHigh school students now have borrowed the c/o to indicate class of as in "c/o 2007".

I regret this.

It's much easier to have only one meaning.
When words or abbreviations have different meanings, some people get confused.

For example Mr means Mister.
And M. means Monsieur (French).
But in France man
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use c/o if:

PersonA is the final recipient. PersonB is the intermediary.
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