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A few yrs ago, this would have sent me into orbit. Now, I just roll my eyes ...
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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 577451" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>And since I messed up the salutation, I thought I'd share with-you the "correct" procedure, which I disagree with, since I do not intend to say, "Hey, Smith!" in email ...</p><p></p><p></p><p>Monsieur, M., Madame, Mme, Mademoiselle, Mlle <table style='width: 100%'><tr><td><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td><strong>Monsieur </strong>is abbreviated <strong>M.</strong> (use period, exception to <em>Webster's</em>).<br /> <br /> <strong>Madame</strong> is abbreviated <strong>Mme </strong>(no period).<br /> <br /> <strong>Mademoiselle</strong>is abbreviated <strong>Mlle </strong>(no period).<br /> <br /> In general, do not use these social titles in editorial copy. Instead, on first use give a person's full name; in subsequent references use only the last name.<br /> <br /> See also <a href="http://stylemanual.ngs.org/home/M/Mr-Mrs-Miss-Ms" target="_blank"><u><strong>Mr., Mrs., Miss, Ms.</strong></u></a>, <a href="http://stylemanual.ngs.org/home/T/titles-of-persons" target="_blank"><u><strong>TITLES OF PERSONS</strong></u></a>.</td></tr></table><br /> </td></tr></table></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 577451, member: 3419"] And since I messed up the salutation, I thought I'd share with-you the "correct" procedure, which I disagree with, since I do not intend to say, "Hey, Smith!" in email ... Monsieur, M., Madame, Mme, Mademoiselle, Mlle[TABLE="class: sites-layout-name-one-column sites-layout-hbox"] [TR] [TD="class: sites-layout-tile sites-tile-name-content-1"][TABLE="width: 800"] [TR] [TD="width: 800"][B]Monsieur [/B]is abbreviated [B]M.[/B] (use period, exception to [I]Webster's[/I]). [B]Madame[/B] is abbreviated [B]Mme [/B](no period). [B]Mademoiselle[/B]is abbreviated [B]Mlle [/B](no period). In general, do not use these social titles in editorial copy. Instead, on first use give a person's full name; in subsequent references use only the last name. See also [URL="http://stylemanual.ngs.org/home/M/Mr-Mrs-Miss-Ms"][U][B]Mr., Mrs., Miss, Ms.[/B][/U][/URL], [URL="http://stylemanual.ngs.org/home/T/titles-of-persons"][U][B]TITLES OF PERSONS[/B][/U][/URL].[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/QUOTE]
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