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by Anonymous on January 3rd, 2006

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When writing a formal letter to a woman and do you not know her marital status, is it better to use Miss, Mrs., or Ms.? Would it be better to not use a title but just write her full name instead?

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  • by Topher on January 22nd, 2006

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    According to what I understand, you wouldn't use miss because that would seclude her to not have been married. You wouldn't use Mrs. because that would mean that she was married. So that would leave it to Ms. The only time you would use the full name is if you are of higher status than this woman. i.e. if you were this woman's boss you would write Ms. "first name, "possible middle initial", "last name". if you are writing to your boss and she happens to be your boss, Ms. "last name" is fine. anything more could be seen as disrespectful. if you are unsure of status, never assume that you are higher than this person and use Ms. "last name".

    I hope that this information helps.

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    • This is what I thought- but some women still seem to dislike Ms. even where there's no other option.

      Anonymous

      by Anonymous on February 14th, 2006

    • I dislike anything BUT Ms.

      AntigoneRising

      by AntigoneRising on May 10th, 2007

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