- Correct use of possession for the plural 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' It can get a bit niggly with names too Aristophanes' plays, but Jesus's miracles and (usually) James
- 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
- single word requests - Is there an opposite gender for lady . . .
I have been wondering about this little problem for a while now Everyone understands that, in the binary, the opposite of 'man' is 'woman', and the opposite of 'gentleman' is, namely, 'gentlewoman'
- 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,
- 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)
- Gentleman is to male as what is to female? [duplicate]
Gentlemen is to male as lady is to female Ladies and gentlemen is used to address the audience during a speech, and ladies and gents are used on the signs of public toilets for women and men respectively
- word choice - The use of the term gentlewoman - English Language . . .
There are sometimes difficulties with using 'ladies' or 'lady' alone, but that is another longer question entirely to address all those contexts But for this question, the answer is easy You don't want to use the word 'gentlewoman' in almost all circumstances
- What does “lady wife mistress of a household” mean?
I think there should be commas in it - 'lady, wife [or] mistress of a household' The phrase means 'the lady of the house', but in the context of the derivation of the surname Tiplady they think 'lady' might imply a man's mistress
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