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  1. grammaticality - Lady's Ladies' or ladies - English Language

    Feb 22, 2019 · The plural possessive is "ladies'." "Lady" is singular, so if you were referring solely to one woman's shoes, it would be "the lady's shoes." As for your second question, I'm …

  2. Origin of "milady" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Sep 22, 2011 · 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 …

  3. Correct use of possession for the plural 'ladies' [closed]

    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', …

  4. errors - Chairman, chairwoman or chairperson? - English Language ...

    In Britain it has largely become a matter of taste and personal preference as to which of chairman, chairperson, or chair are used. Chairwoman would be unusual unless it were of an …

  5. What is the origin of the saying, "faint heart never won fair lady"?

    Having heard the phrase, "faint heart never won fair lady" for the third time in very short span, I'm determined to find out its origin. Unfortunately, when I Google, I'm getting a bunch of low-q...

  6. etymology - "Look, lady", "Listen, lady" – lady as a pejorative ...

    Jun 2, 2023 · I tried searching Google Ngram Viewer for "Look lady" and "Listen lady", both capitalized so as to occur at the start of a sentence, with the hope that these ngrams would …

  7. single word requests - Is there an opposite gender for "lady ...

    Jul 19, 2023 · Idiomatically, it is gentleman. Lady comes from an Old English compound noun meaning roughly "loaf kneader," whereas lord comes from a compound noun meaning "loaf …

  8. What does “lady wife mistress of a household” mean?

    May 8, 2024 · Some websites have a different version: 23 and me punctuates it "lady, wife, mistress of a household". Both that and the OP's link reference Dictionary of American Family …

  9. A lady or a woman? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Jul 4, 2017 · How did "lady" and "ladies" come to differ in conveying degree of respect? Does calling to a strange woman "Hey, lady!" sound angry? The takeaway from those is that you …

  10. Why "ladybird"? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Nov 22, 2010 · In case you don't know, in British English, the little red-with-black-spots insect is not called a "ladybug", as in North America, but a "ladybird". This seems rather a poor act of …