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===For a person who's alive:=== | ===For a person who's alive:=== | ||
1. a living spouse/ex-spouse is always referred to as "wife/husband" or "ex-wife/husband" | 1. a living spouse/ex-spouse is always referred to as "wife/husband" or "ex-wife/husband" |
Revision as of 23:16, 7 May 2008
For a person who's alive:
1. a living spouse/ex-spouse is always referred to as "wife/husband" or "ex-wife/husband" 2. a deceased ex-spouse is always referred to as "ex-wife/husband" 3. a deceased spouse's designation depends on the total number of partners: - "late wife/husband" if there are no other partners of any kind - "<ordinal> wife/husband" if there are other partners
For a person who's deceased:
1. an ex-spouse, living or deceased, is always referred to as "ex-wife/husband" 2. spouses, living or deceased, depend on the total number of partners: - "wife/husband" if there are no other partners of any kind - "<ordinal> wife/husband" if there are other partners
"widow" and "widower" are only used in the immediate family text.