[geeks] Ms., Mrs., or other?

Kurt Mosiejczuk kurt at csh.rit.edu
Mon May 20 16:10:42 CDT 2002


On Mon, 20 May 2002, Joshua D Boyd wrote:

> When writing a letter to a woman, whose marital status you are not familiar
> with, are you supposed to default to:
> Miss. Woman
> Ms. Woman
> Mrs. Woman

Technically it should be Ms. in this case.  Since it applies to both
single and married.  There's a chance that someone will correct you,
but they shouldn't take offence.

--Kurt



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