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    Quote Originally Posted by Боб Уайтман View Post
    Interesting. I've never heard about it.
    But I still do not get the idea: how the letters with "c/o" in the address line are different from those without it?
    Обычно "с/о" = care of можно увидеть на офисной переписке. Часто письма в бизнесе распечатывают, cортируют и доставляют на столы сотрудников открытыми.
    Я думаю, что с/о делает письмо личным и его не будут открывать.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lampada View Post
    Обычно "с/о" = care of можно увидеть на офисной переписке. Часто письма в бизнесе распечатывают, cортируют и доставляют на столы сотрудников открытыми.
    Another example of "c/o" -- a celebrated author publishes a short story in a magazine, and you want to send fan mail. You could address the envelope:

    John Q. Famouswriter
    c/o The Editors, Guns & Ammo & Fluffy Bunnies magazine
    1234 Pretend St., New York, NY

    ...and hope that the editorial staff at the magazine will forward your mail to the author. (Far more likely, the mail will go to a secretary at the author's literary agency -- it depends on how famous the writer is).

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