companydirectorylist.com  Global Business Directories and Company Directories
Search Business,Company,Industry :


Country Lists
USA Company Directories
Canada Business Lists
Australia Business Directories
France Company Lists
Italy Company Lists
Spain Company Directories
Switzerland Business Lists
Austria Company Directories
Belgium Business Directories
Hong Kong Company Lists
China Business Lists
Taiwan Company Lists
United Arab Emirates Company Directories


Industry Catalogs
USA Industry Directories














  • Origin of milady - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    Yes, milady comes from "my lady" Milady (from my lady) is an English term of address to a noble woman It is the female form of milord And here's some background on milord: In the nineteenth century, milord (also milor) (pronounced "mee-lor") was well-known as a word which continental Europeans (especially French) whose jobs often brought them into contact with travellers (innkeepers, guides
  • grammaticality - Ladys Ladies or ladies - English Language Usage . . .
    The plural possessive is "ladies' " "Lady" is singular, so if you were referring solely to one woman's shoes, it would be "the lady's shoes " As for your second question, I'm assuming you're referring to a group of women in your salutation of them, so it would be "Good morning, ladies " And as you're addressing them directly, the comma preceding "ladies" is necessary
  • Why ladybird? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
    In case you don't know, in British English, the little red-with-black-spots insect is not called a "ladybug", as in North America, but a "ladybird" This seems rather a poor act of classification,
  • single word requests - Is there an opposite gender for lady . . .
    Idiomatically, it is gentleman Lady comes from an Old English compound noun meaning roughly "loaf kneader," whereas lord comes from a compound noun meaning "loaf keeper" or "loaf protector " The etymological counterpart of gentleman, which is indeed gentlewoman, is used infrequently these days, usually in historical or quasi-historical contexts
  • Correct use of possession for the plural ladies [closed]
    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' It can get a bit niggly with names too Aristophanes' plays, but Jesus's miracles and (usually) James
  • Where did Shakespeare get milk of human kindness from?
    Even when Lady Macbeth says: "And take my milk for gall", that would definitely support the literal humorism theory, but I still don't understand how we get from milk to blood (too much of the blood humor supposedly being the problem)
  • What does “lady wife mistress of a household” mean?
    Some websites have a different version: 23 and me punctuates it "lady, wife, mistress of a household" Both that and the OP's link reference Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, 2022, which should be your first port of call for accurate details and more information
  • What is a female or gender neutral form of gentleman that relays the . . .
    For work-place specific gender-neutral politically-correct terms refer to the answer by @third-news Otherwise, as Elliot Frisch has suggested, lady is the term you want But in my opinion, if you're talking about clients of yours, be gender neutral Lady can have negative implications in this setting because it is often used in a negative fashion, e g That lady wouldn't stop talking about




Business Directories,Company Directories
Business Directories,Company Directories copyright ©2005-2012 
disclaimer