How do you address a letter to a lady if you do not know if she is married or not?

Question

I was thinking 'Dear Ms Jones' is that correct? thanks

Answer 1

Ms.

Answer 2

Proper would be Ms.

Answer 3

Ms is correct.

Answer 4

You are right. Go ahead.

Answer 5

Yes.

"Mrs." is for married women.  Although when I was married I didn't like it, and preferred Ms.

"Miss" is for women who have not been married.

"Ms." can be used in any situation.

Answer 6

yes you are correct

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Answer 7

Yo, Lady!

It's worked for me in the past. It has all the ingredients.

'Yo'....as in the greeting.

'Lady' as in her gender, without making reference to her marital status.

However, appartently does not go down well with Chelsea postcodes. ;o)

Answer 8

yea thats  correct.

Answer 9

Yes, it would be Ms.Jones. Miss if she is unmarried and Mrs if she is married. So unfair though - men are always just Mr if they are married or not!

Answer 10

Yea Dear Ms. Jones is right i think

Answer 11

You could say: To or Dear; and then their first-initial followed by their surname eg: Dear, S. Smith. When you'd need to put their name in the letter, try replacing it with: ma'am.

Please note: it used to be proper, to refer to a woman whose marital status you didn't know as: Mrs.

Answer 12

Use her first and last name.  or Ms.

Answer 13

Yes that is correct.

Answer 14

Just put dear miss/Mrs. Jones. It's perfectly correct to do so and covers all your bases.

Answer 15

Ms.

♥ Kimmiii