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| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
| Messrs. |
| Today this is the plural of Mr., and we pronounce it to rhyme with dressers. It comes from a foreign plural, the French messieurs, and we usually spell it as an abbreviation. | 1 |
| The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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