Answer to Question #323263 in English for Calvin

Question

Provide us with 6 different forms of address (a title or a name used in speaking or writing to a person of a specified rank or function, Oxford Languages from www.languages.oup.com, accessed 13/01/2022), or greetings and/or gestures used within your community and/or culture. Give details as to when one uses the forms of address or greetings and/or gestures.

Answer 1

• Terms of address may be formal (Doctor, The Honorable, His Excellence) or informal (honey, dear, you). Formal terms of address are often used to recognize academic or professional accomplishments, while informal terms of address are often used to show affection.
• common examples of formal address include:
• Professor: Used to address a member of a school or university's faculty.
• His/Her Excellency: Used to address the ambassadors of foreign governments.
• The Honorable: Used to address American ambassadors along with U.S. judges and justices.
• His/Her Royal Highness: Used to address members of a royal family, including British princes and princesses.
• Doctor: Used to address a physician who has obtained a medical degree or someone with a Ph.D.
• Captain: Used to address U.S. naval commanders regardless of rank; any officer who has been placed in charge of a vessel may be addressed this way.
• His Holiness: Used to address both the Pope of the Catholic Church and the Dalai Lama.