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Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, [email protected]; ...
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I was on a tennis team and was eliminated during a tournament. I was supposed to play two matches: I ...
Miss Manners feels reasonably certain that if you execute that last part successfully, most people will acquiesce. If you ...
Miss Manners understands that people who have trouble saying no might be sorry to disappoint those who importune them. Or ...
GENTLE READER: The last time Miss Manners checked, tennis was played with a single ball, so let’s try and keep our eyes on ...
"Is there a way to gently encourage the hospital staff to be less concerned with the status of the area that the patients are ...
"Ms." is an abbreviation of the honorific “Mistress,” which was the respectable equivalent of “Mister,” to be used regardless ...
The captain had indicated that she was going to play me, but then she didn’t. I’m not a bad player, so I am not sure why.
I pickled the vegetables, which were sourced from a farm stand. I baked the bread from wheat milled locally, and the bologna is from a family recipe.
I had no input as to how big this shower has become, and being asked — no, told — to pay for it strikes me as inappropriate.
Bridesmaids are supposedly chosen because they are the dearest people to the bride. Why, then, are they considered ...
Every week, The Post runs a collection of letters of readers’ grievances — pointing out grammatical mistakes, missing ...