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Fri 14 Jan, 2011 04:19 am
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THE ORGANIZATION FOR SCIENTIFIC & ACADEMIC INTEGRITY IN CHINA INC
In Care of Name FENG ZHANG
Address 17 CROSS HWY
WESTPORT, CT 06880-2015
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IRS Subsection 501(3) - A religious, educational, charitable, scientific or literary organization.
Type of Foundation Organization which receives a substantial part of its support from a governmental unit or the general public
Type of Organization Corporation
Deductibility Contributions are deductible
Tax I.D. Number 223943516
Exempt Since 10-2009
Form 990 Requirement Not required to file (income less than $25,000)
Last 990 Form Filed 12-2009
Form 990 Amount $0
Classification: International, Foreign Affairs, and National Security N.E.C.
Clumsy English . . . a postal direction might read "In care of John Smith." A form to fill in with address information might read: "In care of (name) ______." So, in your example, somebody has filled in the name of the individual in whose care mail is to be left, but rather stupidly left the word "name" in the postal direction.
It should read simply "In Care of FENG ZHANG."
@oristarA,
If you're addressing an envelope 'care of ' is abbreviated to c/-
For example, if I wrote a letter to you when you were staying at Setanta's house I would address it to:
oristarA
C/- Setanta
Street name
etc.
In this listing, the "in care of" would be the name of the Secretary of the Corporation or the Registered Agent.
@MonaLeeza,
MonaLeeza wrote:If you're addressing an envelope 'care of ' is abbreviated to c/-
Maybe in some countries. In Britain "care of" is abbreviated "c/o".
That's how it is abbreviated in the United States as well. I just didn't see any point in arguing a trivial point which is likely of no value to Oristar.
@Setanta,
Setanta wrote:I just didn't see any point in arguing a trivial point which is likely of no value to Oristar.
If you prefer to confine yourself to posting content of "value", what is the reason for that part of your post?
@contrex,
A major tongue lashing looms on the horizon.
@contrex,
I stated no such preference.
@contrex,
contrex wrote:
MonaLeeza wrote:If you're addressing an envelope 'care of ' is abbreviated to c/-
Maybe in some countries. In Britain "care of" is abbreviated "c/o".
My apologies to oristarA. I didn't know that c/- isn't used elsewhere - apparently it's only used in Australia and New Zealand.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/care_of
Here at work we use the percentage sign %. I think we've done that to save character space on our computers since before the days of IBM AS/400.
@MonaLeeza,
Quote:I didn't know that c/- isn't used elsewhere - apparently it's only used in Australia and New Zealand.
It's hard to keep letters in place when you're upside down.
@MonaLeeza,
MonaLeeza wrote:
contrex wrote:
MonaLeeza wrote:If you're addressing an envelope 'care of ' is abbreviated to c/-
Maybe in some countries. In Britain "care of" is abbreviated "c/o".
My apologies to oristarA. I didn't know that c/- isn't used elsewhere - apparently it's only used in Australia and New Zealand.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/care_of
No need to apology, MonaLeeza. Your reply is useful, but contrex and Setanta, however, have made the information complete.
Thank you all for replying.
@InfraBlue,
Although not universal, the percentage sign was used in lieu of "c/o" long, long ago when people relied on typewriters and had no personal computers--and in fact, when computers were not commonly used by any but the largest corporations. It was in use in the 1960s (when i learned to type), and was still occasionally seen in the 1970s.
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