Is it "Ms." or "Miss"? | OUPblog - OUPblog | Oxford University Press’s Academic Insights for the Wor
A rare occurrence of “Ms.” in 1885 suggests that the term is an abbreviation of “Miss.” Ever since “Ms.” emerged as a marriage-neutral alternative to “Miss” and “Mrs.” in the 1970s, linguists have been trying to trace the origins of this new honorific. It...