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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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Misses meaning mrs?
Hi!
I'm wondering if its ever acceptable to write 'misses' when referring to a single married woman? As in "here is misses Jones". Wikipedia says that it can be used but is ambiguous and could be confused with misses as the plural of miss.
Does anyone have a literally example where mrs is spelt misses?
Thank you
I'm wondering if its ever acceptable to write 'misses' when referring to a single married woman? As in "here is misses Jones". Wikipedia says that it can be used but is ambiguous and could be confused with misses as the plural of miss.
Does anyone have a literally example where mrs is spelt misses?
Thank you
Top answer
Wikipedia is wrong. 'misses' makes no sense here. Ar you sure Wikipedia was not talking about 'missus' ?
- Wikipedia is wrong.
- 'misses' makes no sense here.
- Ar you sure Wikipedia was not talking about 'missus' ?
- Missus is an very old-fashioned spelling of Mrs that was sometimes used in uneducated writing.
- Clive
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Wikipedia is wrong.
'misses' makes no sense here. Ar you sure Wikipedia was not talking about 'missus'?
Missus is an very old-fashioned spelling of Mrs that was sometimes used in uneducated writing.
Clive
'misses' makes no sense here. Ar you sure Wikipedia was not talking about 'missus'?
Missus is an very old-fashioned spelling of Mrs that was sometimes used in uneducated writing.
Clive
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In normal modern usage before a name, it is always abbreviated to "Mrs". In certain other uncommon cases, the abbreviation may seem incorrect, so some attempt at spelling it may be made. This mostly occurs when transcribing dialogue, as in "Oi, Missus!". Both "Missus" and "Missis" are used, but I don't recall ever seeing it spelled "Misses", and I would find that confusing for the reason given.
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