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- Ladys Ladies or ladies - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
This has puzzled me for some time What is the possessive plural for of lady? The lady's shoes? The ladies' shoes? Also, which for of lady do you use when addressing more than one female? Good
- Why does this Ladies First saying exist?
I've been wondering Where did the saying "Ladies first" originate? Did it originally appeared in English countries, or? And is this always expressed in a positive polite tune of meaning? I mean,
- Why is it ladies and gentlemen instead of gentlemen and ladies?
It probably has to do with the phonetic and metrical properties of "ladies and gentlemen" versus "gentlemen and ladies " Say them both out loud and see which one sounds better to you, intuitively The metrical pattern of "ladies and gentlemen" consists of (arguably) two dactyls A dactyl is a group of three syllables where the first is stressed and the second two are unstressed When these
- How to address a formal letter to a group of women
How do you address a formal letter to a group of women - i e the equivalent of Dear Sirs, for women?
- The ladys not for turning [closed] - English Language Usage Stack . . .
The phrase “the lady’s not for turning” that Thatcher used in her 1980 speech was intended to be a pun on The Lady’s Not for Burning, a 1948 play by Christopher Fry The pun was made by Thatcher’s speechwriter although Wikipedia suggests that its punniness flew over Thatcher’s head at the time It means she’s not to be turned, just as the earlier one meant she was not to be burned
- That is the lady (which that who whom) I told you about. Which . . .
This is clearly an instance of a well documented phenomenon: the kind of language test where you have to guess at the ideology of the person or committee who made the questions And if you want to perform optimally, you only have a choice between pretending to share that ideology and getting the help of a lawyer and a linguist The sentence in question is a main clause followed by a defining
- How does one write the name of a married female and spouse in a list of . . .
In a list of classmates, how is the name of a married female and spouse listed? Is the female given name or her husband's given name written first? How is the maiden name shown?
- What is a feminine version of guys?
From all the answers, it's clear that using a masculine term (eg "guys") is considered sexist (see Leopd's comment), and using a feminine term (eg "gals") is also considered sexist (see The Raven's answer) The only way to be safe, then, is to use a gender-neutral term, eg "people" Of course, if you use "guys" for males and "people" for females, you're just reintroducing a distinction: you
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