|
Addressing
Etiquette
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Outer Envelopes |
Inner
Envelopes
|
|
Single Guests
|
| Unmarried
Female |
Miss Jane Jones
or
Ms. Jane Jones
|
Miss Jones and Guest
or
Ms. Jones and Guest
|
|
Divorced Female-kept married name
(Smith) |
Mrs. Jane Smith
or
Ms. Jane Smith
|
Mrs. Smith and Guest
or
Ms. Smith and Guest
|
|
Divorced Female-back to married
name (Jones) |
Ms. Jane Jones |
Ms. Jones and Guest
|
|
Widowed Female |
Mrs. Jane Smith
or
Mrs. John Smith
|
Mrs. Smith (and Guest)
*never use ‘and guest’ if
recently widowed.
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CHILDREN
|
|
Children under 18
|
*Do not put on outer envelope Only list parents. |
And Kayla (1 child)
Kayla and Johnny (2+children)
*List by age-oldest first.
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|
Child 18 and over |
Miss Kayla Jones |
Miss Jones and Guest
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COUPLES
|
|
Unmarried couples who do not live
together
|
Miss Jane Jones
*the only name on the outer should
be the person who lives at the address.
|
Miss Jones
Mr. Davis
|
|
Unmarried couples who live together |
Miss Jane Jones
Mr. Carl Davis
|
Miss Jones
Mr. Davis
|
|
Married couples-*notice the use of
‘and’ to signify marriage in the following: |
Mr. And Mrs. Carl Davis |
Mr. And Mrs. Davis |
|
Married Couple-She kept maiden name |
Mrs. Jane Jones
and Mr. Carl Davis
|
Mrs. Jones and Mr. Davis |
|
Married Couple-She has hyphenated
last name |
Mrs. Jane
Jones-Davis
and Mr. Carl Davis
|
Mrs. Jones-Davis and Mr. Davis |
|
Married Couple-She has a
professional title and he does not. |
Doctor Jane Davis
and Mr. Carl Davis
|
Doctor Davis and Mr. Davis
|
|
Married Couple-both are doctors |
Doctor Jane Davis
and Doctor Carl
Davis
or
The Doctors Davis
|
The Doctors Davis |
|
Married Couple-both are doctors
with different last names |
Doctor Jane Jones
and Doctor Carl Davis
|
Doctor Jones
and
Doctor Davis
|
|
Same sex Couples-list in
alphabetical order by last name |
Mr. Fred Smith
Mr. Mark Jones
|
Mr. Smith
and
Mr. Jones
|
|
MILITARY
|
| He
is a commissioned officer |
Colonel and Mrs. Carl Davis |
Colonel and Mrs. Davis |
|
He is a non-commissioned officer or
enlisted man |
Mr. And Mrs. Carl Davis |
Mr. and Mrs. Davis |
|
He is a retired commissioned
officer |
Colonel and Mrs. Carl Davis |
Mr. and Mrs. Davis |
|
She is a commissioned officer, he
is not |
Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Davis
or
Captain Jane Davis
and Mr. Carl Davis
|
Mr. and Mrs. Davis
or
Captain Davis and Mr. Davis
|
|
MISCELLANEOUS
|
|
Judge
|
The Honorable and Mrs. Carl Davis |
Judge and Mrs. Davis |
|
Reverend |
Reverend and Mrs. Carl Davis |
Reverend and Mrs. Davis |