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Subject:Re: what's the term for... From:Martyn Perry <Martyn -dot- Perry -at- Sun -dot- COM> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 20 Aug 2001 09:57:47 -0700 (PDT)
>Morning All,
>So I was talking with my ubermanager, who was signing my timesheet for
>my manager, who wrecked his hamstring water-skiing this weekend (after
>warning ME not to wreck myself on my scooter;) and as a result of the
>signing, we both came to wonder, what is the way of indicating that you
>are signing on behalf of someone else? C.O.--care of--isn't right, but
>it might be something along those lines.
I usually sign it with
<myname for the-name-of-the-person-for-who-I-am-signing>.
Although I have used
<the-name-of-the-person-for-who-I-am-signing per my-name>.
Per (Latin preposition) means by in this instance.
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