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Bookmark or Share- Why does this "Ladies First" saying exist? - English Language & Usage ...21. It has its origins in Western European etiquette, basically the rules of conduct in society. In a number of situations, it was (and largely still is!) deemed correct behaviour to give ladies precedence over gentlemen. This is for instance the case when serving food or drinks at a table: one servers the ladies, then the other guests, then ...
- Formal salutation to a group - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeIn my view, the simplest and most elegant solution is to start off simply with. Dear ladies and gentlemen, having made sure to include the names of all the recipients in the postal address block pertaining to the addressees (if you are sending everyone a paper copy of the letter), so that all of them are able to see who else is covered by your salutation.
- How to address a formal letter to a group of womenLadies comes to mind; Dear Ladies or My Dear Ladies if you prefer. Traditional writing often used Dear Sir or Madam so Dear Madams is correct although I think people avoid it today after that famous speech from the play I am not a Madam! which played on the occasional usage of this word for a woman who runs a house of prostitution.
- expressions - How to describe a guy who is popular with girls ...Well the most common term I have heard without huge sexual connotations is ladies' man.. 1) A Man who spends much time with women, or is in the constant company of them 2) A man who is able to pleasure women in most any manner 3) A Man who tends towards female friends, rather then male friends
- Correct use of possession for the plural 'ladies'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'
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