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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Mister & Madam

Is 'Mister' and 'Madam' optional in your country?
  

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AnonymousIs 'Mister' and 'Madam' optional in your country?
Those words are never used in my country.

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Context like casualness and greeting stranger in bus.
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AnonymousContext like casualness and greeting stranger in bus.
In the US, I feel comfortable with sir and ma'am.
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AnonymousContext like casualness and greeting stranger in bus.
We do not normally use any form of address in such contexts in Britain.

In the services, superior officers are addressed as sir/ma'am. Some wait staff and shop assistants address customers as sir/madam. Teachers in many schools are addressed as sir/miss. That's about
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AnonymousIs 'Mister' and 'Madam' optional in your country?
A distinction has to be drawn between "Mr" (pronounced "Mister") followed by a surname, which is a common formal mode of address, and "Mister" by itself, which in Britain is dated or facetious. I'm not sure which one you mean.
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What I mean is omitting 'Mr' or 'Madam' like a basketball player and his fan 'Well done, Mike!'
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AnonymousWhat I mean is omitting 'Mr' or 'Madam' like a basketball player and his fan 'Well done, Mike!'
"Mr" is used in formal or polite language, and is followed by someone's surname (or sometimes full name). For example, if someone is called Mike Smith then he would be addressed formally or politely as Mr Smith (or sometimes Mr Mike Smith). It is not used w
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I have been unhappy when working in a couple of countries when students have insisted on addressing me as Mr Jed and my wife as Dr Andrea. I have told them that this is not natural or correct in English. If people wish to use a respectful form of address, then it's Mr Surname and Dr Surname. I have also told them that it is perfectly acceptable to use forenames i
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In some specific populations in the US, particularly the southern states, Mister, Miss and Ms (miz) are quite common as forms of address and considered to be respectful.
Likewise, in US churches, many denominations now use the first name of clergy. "Father Murphy" has become "Father John" - "Reverend Johnson" has become "Pastor Fred". I'm not saying I like this with the clergy, but it is ve
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