What's the difference between abbreviations Mr. / Miss / Ms. / Mrs?

[Van Khanh]

Dear friends,

You know, in French, when there is a mister Roland, we write in abbreviation: M.Roland.
When there are more than one mister Roland, we write in abbreviation: MM.Rolands.
So, in English, how to write in abbreviation in plural these words:

Mr. Thomas.
Miss Murphy.
Ms. Murphy.
Mrs. Reley.

What I'd like to ask, that is how to write the 4 above terms (title+noun) in abbreviation in plural, that means how to change them in plural, including the change of the title and the change of the noun?

Many thanks.

Van Khanh

[Yankee]

Hi

The plural forms are pretty rarely used, but if you happen to need one, here they are:

(Mr) Messrs Thomas
(Miss) Misses Murphy
(Ms) Mses/Mss Murphy
(Mrs) Mesdames Reley

Amy
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[Van Khanh]

Hi Amy,

So, if I put a stop behind each title and I change all proper noun in plural, is that still correct?

Messrs. Thomases
Misses. Murphies
Mses./Mss. Murphies
Mesdames. Releys

Thanks
Khanh

[Mister Micawber]

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No stops after complete words, VK-- and I believe that BrE does away with stops everywhere.
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[Yankee]

[Van Khanh]

Many many thanks for both you, Mr Micawber and
Amy.

Van Khanh

[Hanan Q8]

hi :)

what's the difference between ( miss - ms - mr -mrs ) ????? :oops:

[Sahid59]

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Miss. = Young Unmarried Lady..

Ms. = Unmarried Lady..

Mr = Gentleman...

Mrs. = Married Lady..

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[Hanan Q8]

thanks alot..

good luck.

[Skrej]

[Kajuco]

Not quite appropriate for this forum, but can anyone tell me if there is a French equivalent for Ms? I believe there isn't, and tend to use Mme. But when I know it refers to a young girl, should I then write Mlle? Or is there a neuter-as-regards-marital-status appellation? I'd be very grateful if a native French speaker replied.

[Djeyco]

...I'm a native french speaker! And I'm able to write in english, and to be understandable by foreign people...yes it's possible!!!... :wink:
...so coming back to your question...it's a cruel question! why? Because in fact, there is only Miss (Mademoiselle) and Mrs (Madame) in french! And the worst is...compare to the person you send the email when you don't know the marital status, you have 2 choices: the first one is to write "Mademoiselle" thinking she's a young unmarried lady and if she's not, this could be understand as a flatery (hope this word exists in english) or versus as a critic (you're still not married!)...
...but in fact all of those existential questions are just a total male fantasm!!!
...women are more intelligent than men and really don't care about this!!!!
...so choose as you feel it... in the position of the writter..."Mademoiselle" or "Madame"...
...but honestly, don't you think that "Mademoiselle" is simply just the more beautiful word???

[Kajuco]

Dear native French speaker

In short, there is no equivalent to the English Ms? Well, what DO French people do when they have no idea of the age or marital status of their addressee? Is there an agreed formula? I imagine that just as when you don't know someone you say VOUS, so perhaps you similarly say MADAME as being more respectful and distant?

Incidentally, there is a word, but it has two Fs - flattery. And fantasm -> fantasy.

[Everafter]

I agree with Skrej

[Adea]