when do you use mrs, miss and ms?

Answer 1

When a woman is married, she is a Mrs. When she is a young adult or teen she is a Miss. When she is an adult single woman, she is a Ms.

Answer 2

I have never known what Ms was for. I like Miss or Mrs> Even if you are a widow, I still like Mrs. I have wondered why and when the Ms came in to being. Miss is before you are married. Mrs is after you or married or widowed.

Answer 3

I try to avoid using any of these and Mr. as well. It depends on the formality of the letter, but often you can get by with or Helen Shedd on the envelope and either, Dear Helen Shedd or Dear Helen or Hi Helen, as your first line.

If you must use a title;

Miss - only for girls under 16.
Ms- Used if you are uncertain but most appropriate for twenty somethings or none of the other rules apply.
Mrs. - Mrs. is never used with the women's first name. It's only used for married or widowed women. The proper usage would be Mrs. Thomas Shedd.

I'm a elderly spinster and don't think it is anyone's business if I have been married before. Therefore, I usually throw away mail without opening it if it's addressed to Miss or Mrs. First name or Ms will do. Of course it depends on the return address as well.

Answer 4

You would use Mrs to a Married Women, Miss to an Unmarried Lady inher age to get married, Ms to a small girl i.e. teenage or smaller

Answer 5

Properly use Mrs. When the woman is married. You can continue to use Mrs. even if she is a widow.
Miss is used for a very young girl. Ms. is used to address a young woman.

Answer 6

mrs is used for married women
miss for single
ms does not define the woman's marital status

it is more politically correct nowadays to always use Ms, just like we use Mr for all men (without defining if they are married or not). the Mrs and Miss thing is as if putting a label so that anyone can know if u are married or not, why isnt there such a discrimination for men????

of course there are also some cases like the never married virgin 70 year old woman next door that seems totally offended when someone calls her Mrs, she request to be addressed as Miss!!!

Answer 7

Mrs: A title for a married woman.
Miss: A title for an un-married woman or a girl.
Ms: A title used for a woman regardless of her marital status. A neutral alternative to Miss or Mrs.

Answer 8

If I know the marital status for a specific person I'll use the appropriate term, but if I'm unsure I use Ms because it's the most general of the three.

Answer 9

the older generation will not like ms. If they have never been married call them miss, otherwise mrs.

Answer 10

Miss if they aren't married, Mrs if they are, and Ms if they're divorced (or a feminist, they're wierd) If you don't know then go by their age to be a Miss or a Mrs, but if you really haven't a clue then call them Ms.