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- Ladys Ladies or ladies - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The plural possessive is "ladies' " "Lady" is singular, so if you were referring solely to one woman's shoes, it would be "the lady's shoes " As for your second question, I'm assuming you're referring to a group of women in your salutation of them, so it would be "Good morning, ladies " And as you're addressing them directly, the comma preceding "ladies" is necessary
- Correct use of possession for the plural ladies [closed]
Hence, there is no ambiguity with the men, and for the same reason no ambiguity with the ladies Ladies is the plural form of lady, so the apostrophe goes to the right - ladies' If you are wondering why we don't write ladies's, it is because ladies is one of the exceptions, along with girls', parents', players', weeks' and even Klingons'
- apostrophe - Ladies’ Captain or Ladies Captain? - English Language . . .
Ladies Captain means the Captain responsible for Ladies Golf elected to represent the Lady Members at Club and County level and to fulfil [sic] any requirements of the relevant Golf Association
- Why is it ladies and gentlemen instead of gentlemen and ladies?
The metrical pattern of "ladies and gentlemen" consists of (arguably) two dactyls A dactyl is a group of three syllables where the first is stressed and the second two are unstressed
- Should Ladies be marked with an apostrophe in the noun phrase Ladies . . .
Both "Ladies' Beer" and "Ladies Beer" are acceptable, but there is a slightly different implication depending on which you use "Ladies' Beer" is written in the possessive form, and thus implies ownership
- Hi ladies -- Is it rude to use this greeting for 3 people?
Closed 14 years ago In addressing three people in an email isn't it more polite to use their names rather than "Hi ladies"? Also when you walk into a quad cubicle isn't it more polite to address people by their names? Grouping people together when there are only three is treating them as interchangeable, and is disrespectful isn't it?
- A lady or a woman? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
In some settings, "ladies" is still treated as more appropriate: A fine restaurant's host might ask "If you ladies and gentlemen would pease follow me?" I'd still instruct a kid, "Thank the nice lady, Bobby, for catching your ball before it rolled into the street " "Woman" often sounds more serious, and is preferred in no-nonsense settings
- How to say hello to a group of people? [closed]
Ladies and gentlemen everyone [nothing] friends folks team Avoid mixing and matching: both hey there, ladies and gentlemen, let's rock! and S'up, honoured guests? are kind of weird Not impossible to use, but definitely an expert technique It's fine to say Good morning folks though
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