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Before you slip that letter into the mail, find out how to properly write plural last names. Here, etiquette and grammar experts explain.

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Suppose Miss Jones marries Mr. Smith and decides, for whatever reason, to retain her maiden name. She is still deserving of the married honorific, is she not? Is “Mr. Smith and Mrs.