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 #32 (permalink) Mon Aug 02, 2010 22:04 pm Ms, Mrs, Miss? |
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| Can someone help please! I have several employee's writing reports and using Ms for every female. I was not comfortable with it and did some checking and found its an accepted practice. Trouble I have is they use it for everything...mothers and daughters in same paragraph for example. They also start with Mrs. and switch to Ms. Both make the reports very confusing. Are they correct in the usage as described above, if not what is standard? |
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Alkhein
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| #33 (permalink) Tue Aug 03, 2010 2:11 am Ms, Mrs, Miss? |
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| thanks for your comment, |
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 Toos
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| #34 (permalink) Sat Mar 12, 2011 11:12 am Ms, Mrs, Miss? |
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| Alkhein wrote: |
| Can someone help please! I have several employee's writing reports and using Ms for every female. I was not comfortable with it and did some checking and found its an accepted practice. Trouble I have is they use it for everything...mothers and daughters in same paragraph for example. They also start with Mrs. and switch to Ms. Both make the reports very confusing. Are they correct in the usage as described above, if not what is standard? |
Use of 'Ms' in these days of gender equality has become prevalent. The argument is that 'Mr' has no married or unmarried distinction, so there should be a female equivalent with no married/unmarried distinction. It is obviously useful in cases where you don't know the marital status of the woman. Women who have been married and are now single again through divorce may also prefer 'Ms'
Traditionally:
Mr - married or unmarried man
Mrs - married woman
Miss - unmarried woman
The politically correct version:
Mr - married or unmarried man
Ms - married or unmarried woman.
Whether you use 'Ms' or 'Mrs/Miss' I can guarantee you won't please everyone. Different women have different preferences, but as you have discovered, either version is fine, even when speaking about mothers and daughters. However, good practice would be that the terms aren't interchangeable. If you begin a report using 'Mrs', then the person should be referred to as 'Mrs' throughout.
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