"Miz" and "Mrs"

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HiIs this true that "Ms" is pronounced as "Miz" and "Mrs" as "Miss-es". I remeber that somewhere I read that "Ms" is not to be pronounced as "Miss". Is this correct? And is this also correct that "Ms" title is used when you don't know about or don't want to involve the marriage status of the addressee?

JohnParis · Accepted Answer

Ms. is miz

Mrs. is misses

Miss is miss

Ms. is the politically correct way to address (either in writing or in speech) a woman whose marital status is unknown to you or who has expressed a preference to be addressed as such.

If you have never met the woman but you know that the she is married and does not insist on the use of Ms. (Michelle Obama, for example) you should say Mrs.

Hope this helps.

Canadian45 · Answer

Jackson6612Hi

Is it true that "Ms" is pronounced as "Miz" and "Mrs" as "Miss-es". yes I remeber that somewhere I read that "Ms" is not to be pronounced as "Miss". Is this correct? yes And is it also correct that the "Ms" title is used when you don't know about or don't want to involve the marriage status of the addressee? yes

Jackson6612 · Answer

Thank you, JohnParis, Canadian.

Clive · Answer

Hi,

Is this true that "Ms" is pronounced as "Miz" Yes and "Mrs" as "Miss-es". Yes

I remeber that somewhere I read that "Ms" is not to be pronounced as "Miss". Is this correct? Yes

And is this also correct that "Ms" title is used when you don't know about or don't want to involve the marriage status of the addressee? Yes. For women only, of course.

Clive

Jackson6612 · Answer

Thank you, Clive.

I'm happy that now you use colored text for your inline replies. I remember when I joined the forums I requested you to use colored text for inline answers because sometimes I had really difficult time to find the non-colored embedded answers. But you refused to do so then!

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