Examples
David Covey's book on improving quality and success in a consumer-driven world is titled Mind Your Ps & Qs, using key phrases starting with "p" and "q" to illustrate his points. Edward Makhene has written a philosophy book titled Mind Your Ps and Qs: Philosophy Goes to High School with the goal of having students study and analyze society's common-held beliefs and their validity. Brief origin stories can be found in linguistics books, like Karlen Evins' I Didn't Know That or David Wilton's Word Myths. The expression can be found used by journalists in headlines as well, often based upon the "manners" definition, as can be seen on MSNBC.
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—Alexander Pope (16881744)
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