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Definition
Carbon paper.
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How it's used
Carbon paper is increasingly rare in modern offices due to the prevalence of digital printers and thermal paper. When it is used, it is almost exclusively for manual receipt books or multi-part forms that require an immediate physical duplicate. The term is straightforward and lacks the metaphorical or slang usage found in other office-related vocabulary.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
