Caroline Taggart

Her Ladyship's Guide to the Queen's English

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  • sofiakhmadullinahas quoted3 years ago
    Appendix, crisis and thesis come from Latin; the plurals are appendices, crises and theses,
  • sofiakhmadullinahas quoted3 years ago
    Phenomenon and criterion come from Greek; the plurals are phenomena and criteria.
  • sofiakhmadullinahas quoted3 years ago
    tea is a drink taken at any time of day, or accompanied by scones, cake and the like in mid-afternoon. (
  • sofiakhmadullinahas quoted3 years ago
    Dinner is eaten at night, or by dogs;
  • sofiakhmadullinahas quoted3 years ago
    Lunch is the U term for the meal eaten in the middle of the day
  • sofiakhmadullinahas quoted3 years ago
    light meal in the evening is supper,
  • b5928570633has quoted6 years ago
    The novelist Nancy Mitford, whose own upper-class pedigree was impeccable, took up the subject in an essay on the English aristocracy (the two essays, along with several others on the same theme, were published in 1956 under the title
  • Дмитрий Кувшиновhas quoted7 years ago
    Yours faithfully if the letter began Dear Sir or Madam
    Yours sincerely if it began Dear Mr Lewis or Dear Amanda Lewis
    In both cases, the signature should be a full name, not merely a given name.
    In less formal correspondence, more flexibility is permitted:
    With best wishes or
    Yours
    followed by one’s given name will fit most situations
  • Дмитрий Кувшиновhas quoted7 years ago
    Dear Sir or Madam is appropriate in business correspondence when one does not know the name of the recipient.
    Dear Mr (or Mrs, Ms, Miss, according to the preference of the woman concerned) Lewis is the formal way of addressing someone with whom one is not acquainted, whether in a business or a social context. It is also the most courteous way of addressing an older person. If the woman’s preference is not known, use Ms.
  • Дмитрий Кувшиновhas quoted7 years ago
    In the Roman Catholic Church, the Pope is Your Holiness, a cardinal Your Eminence or Cardinal, an Archbishop Your Grace or Archbishop and a bishop My Lord or Bishop.
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