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- pronunciation - A couple of quick questions related to Messrs . . .
Messrs is often used by (British Commonwealth) lawyers and proprietors of older establishements, as in "Messrs Jones and Hawthorne" It's still very common in some parts of the world Also, as a point of interest, some lawyers also like to use the postfix Esq as in "Richard Jones, Esq "
- grammatical number - What is the proper title abbreviation for . . .
The plural form of Mister is Misters, and the abbreviations Mr and Messrs respectively (although UK English drops the periods) The odd spelling is because "Messrs " comes from the French "messieurs" So your example would be phrased as: Dear Messrs Jones, Smith, Bloggs, and Flintstone The abbreviation for addressing more than one Ms is either "Mses "or "Mss "; note that the abbreviation
- meaning - Where does the term ‘Messers’ come from in reference to a . . .
Always abbreviated, whether preceding the full name or the surname only, are such social titles as the following: Ms Mrs Messrs Mr Dr ' and 'The plural of Mr is Messrs; the plural of Mrs is Mmes ' There's an obvious French connection
- Mrs and Mmes: plurals of Mrs (missus ˈmɪsəz ) [duplicate]
The Collins reference has disastrously misled you The OED says of Mr: The plural form Mrs is very rare; a corresponding plural form is usually supplied by Messrs n , messieurs n ² They provide but one citation from Early Modern English during the 1500s, which was long before English spelling was standardized: 1568–9 To Mrs Stanhope and doddinge for the charges of ther play xxijˢ vijᵈ
- How to address a formal letter to a group of women
How do you address a formal letter to a group of women - i e the equivalent of Dear Sirs, for women?
- grammatical number - What is the plural of Mrs? - English Language . . .
The plural for Mr : Messrs The plural for Mrs : Mesdames For example: Messrs Smith and Jones were named to the company's board at the last general meeting Bush's foreign policy would have been better off examining [ ] the informal Republican meetings on Capitol Hill in the late 1990s (in which Messrs Cheney and Rumsfeld were key
- Is it proper to omit periods after honorifics (Mr, Mrs, Dr)?
Ms Mrs Messrs Mr Dr Publishers that follow either of these guides require a period after such social-title abbreviations, unless their house style guide overrules the standard guide on this point As a counterpoint, MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing, second edition (1998) opposes using formal titles at all:
- What is the plural of sir? [closed] - English Language Usage Stack . . .
7 Sirs is the technically correct plural of "sir " That said, it is rarely used today Gentlemen is normally substituted Messrs (pronounced MEZ-erz) is, curiously enough, the technically correct plural of "Mr " (pronounced MIST-er) and also hardly ever used, except in writing
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