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Dec 20, 2004 12:26
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In emails or letters it's short form of reply, but is it also used for (RE) regarding ...... some matter in some official letter heads?
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| 4 +2 | on the subject of |
Marek Daroszewski (MrMarDar)
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| 5 +2 | Short for "regarding" / about |
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Marek Daroszewski (MrMarDar)
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on the subject of
Again Cambridge Adv. Learners Dict:
re /ri:/ preposition FORMAL
(especially in business letters) about; on the subject of:
Re your communication of 15 February ...
Webster:
re2 (re, ra)
prep.
in the matter of; as regards: short for in re
Etymology
[L, abl. of res, thing: see real1]
re /ri:/ preposition FORMAL
(especially in business letters) about; on the subject of:
Re your communication of 15 February ...
Webster:
re2 (re, ra)
prep.
in the matter of; as regards: short for in re
Etymology
[L, abl. of res, thing: see real1]
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Short for "regarding" / about
It means: about the subject mentioned or regarding the subject mentioned.
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Neil Phillipson
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| agree |
senin
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Marek Daroszewski (MrMarDar)
: I am not saying that you are wrong, but both Webster and http://www.bartleby.com/68/89/4989.html claim it is short for the Latin "in re"; same in this Oxford link: http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/re_1?view=uk
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