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

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 05:35:37PM -0400, Kurt Huhn wrote:
> 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
> 
> Many, many, many, many years ago, in a land far away, I was taught by my
> gradeschool english teacher that "Ms." is the correct salutation. 
> "Miss" denotes a young woman, typically a child or teenager.  "Mrs."
> (Missus) is only used for married women.  "Ms." (pronounced 'mizz') is
> proper when addressing women of all marital status and all age.

I thought that Miss was for young women also, but then Miss Manners is no
spring chicken, which she admits herself.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd