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Abbreviations: Mister versus Mr., Mrs., Ms



 
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Abbreviations: Mister versus Mr., Mrs., Ms #1 (permalink) Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:17 am   Abbreviations: Mister versus Mr., Mrs., Ms		  
Hi,

"Mister" is the full form of the abbreviation Mr.

So, what is the full form of the abbreviation Mrs?
what is the full form of the abbreviation Ms?

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Abbreviation #2 (permalink) Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:31 am   Abbreviation		  
Hi,

Mrs is a shortened form of Mistress (slang form Missus/Missis)

Ms is a combination of Mrs and Miss

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Abbreviations: Mister versus Mr., Mrs., Ms #3 (permalink) Mon Aug 07, 2006 16:53 pm   Abbreviations: Mister versus Mr., Mrs., Ms		  
Van Khanh wrote:
what is the full form of the abbreviation Ms?

There is no full form of Ms. It's pronounced like "miz". It was created in the 1960s, when feminists wanted it to replace Mrs. and Miss. They said it was unfair that women were addressed according to their marital status and men were not. The abbreviation Ms. was not created from any one real word.

Currently, we generally use Ms. only when we don't know the marital status of the woman we're addressing, or when we think she might be a feminist and we are afraid we'll insult her.
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