It seems recently that whenever I post anything I am always asked for links to support it, so I tend to include some quickly found ones as a rule now. I thought you were joking.... :o)


>Aww, just making a joke Tracy :) I think you must get an award for being able to produce the most relevant links in the shortest time. Its a compliment :)
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>>Seriously? (Or are you being facetious? :o)
>>There must be hundreds of thousands. It is in almost every English Grammar book. Isn't that (other than Ms for those of us who attended school prior to the mid 70s) taught in school everywhere that English is spoken?
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>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss
>>http://www.udel.edu/eli/questions/g01.html
>>http://www.iscribe.org/english/punc2.html
>>http://www.uiah.fi/virtu/materiaalit/flexeng/letterad.html
>>http://www.grammarcheck.com/archives/06-06-2000.htm
>>http://www.answers.com/topic/miss-7?method=6
>>http://www.drgrammar.org/faqs/#32
>>http://www.ego4u.com/en/business-english/communication/business-letter/salutation
>>http://www.bartleby.com/64/C005/025.html
>>http://www.webgrammar.com/grammartips.html
>>http://www.answers.com/topic/ms-2
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>>>Have you got a link to back that up? ;)
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>>>>Hi Naomi,
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>>>>Miss is an unmarried woman and Ms is for when the marital status is unknown
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>>>>
>>>>>Hi Andrews,
>>>>>
>>>>>Mr. = Mister
>>>>>Mrs. = Mistress (e.g. married woman)
>>>>>Ms. = Miss (e.g. unmarried woman, but used in US more often than Mrs. since the woman marrital status may be unknown to the caller).
>>>>>
>>>>>But here in UT I think you don't have to be formal. E.g. you can just call everyone by name, e.g.
>>>>>
>>>>>Hi John,
>>>>>
>>>>>....
>>>>>
>>>>>If you want to be formal, you may say "Dear Sir" or "Dear Ms. " + Last Name of the person. But what if you do not know the gender? Would you write Dear Sir/Madam? I use this form in some of my cover letters, but I doubt it's correct...
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>>>>>>Excelent answer Mrs. John; I allready got it....
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks for you help...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Keep in toch