In English, it's no longer polite to call women "ladies."

Janet M.B1Kwiziq community member

In English, it's no longer polite to call women "ladies."

"i.e. taking an extra -e for ladies, and an extra -s for more than one person, -es for multiple ladies."

Is this 19th century England? Just say "women."

This question relates to:French lesson "Conjugate reflexive verbs (+être) in the compound past in French (Le Passé Composé)"
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AurélieKwiziq Head of French, Native French TeacherCorrect answer

Bonjour Janet !

Oops, I don't know what happened there, I was probably reading too much Jane Austen when I wrote that lesson ;)  It's now been changed to "women". thanks for that!

Bonne journée !

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Jim J.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Cancelled  -- Jim

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Janet M. asked:

In English, it's no longer polite to call women "ladies."

"i.e. taking an extra -e for ladies, and an extra -s for more than one person, -es for multiple ladies."

Is this 19th century England? Just say "women."

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