Ms.

When small creatures touch the fine trigger hairs on the outside of the door, it opens inwards within 0.5 ms.

He deployed shorthand like using “ms” instead of manuscripts, and had a detailed understanding of how agents, publishers, editors and translators operate.

“Dear ms. norris,” wrote a fifth-grade girl in a recent letter.

The thief would sometimes use common shorthand, like “ms” for manuscript, and understood how a book got from one point to the next on its way to publication.

This person understands the path a manuscript takes from submission to publication, and is at ease with insider lingo like “ms” instead of manuscript.