how do you address a policeman or woman?
959119
officer....or sir...or mam......yup that works
800421
Don't be too wordy otherwise it won't really be looked at.  Just be polite and to the point.  Something like;\n\nDear Councilman Ramos,\n\nI'm writing to you about my concern for.......\n\nA concerned citizen,\nQuestion asker guy. (Pardon me, Question asker gal)
1069993
See the link below for the source of the following:\n\nQ: When writing to someone who claims the title ''Esquire," I was taught to leave off the designations Mr., Mrs., or Ms. Also, what is the proper usage of Esquire when sending an invitation to a couple?\n\nA.W., Green Bay, Wis. \n\nA: ''Esquire" is a professional designation in the legal arena, not a social designation. When you correspond with a lawyer, you have two choices: Write the person using a normal salutation (''Mr. Robert Jones" or ''Ms. Cynthia Adams") or put ''Esquire" after the name, using the abbreviated form (''Robert Jones, Esq." or ''Cynthia Adams, Esq.").\n\nYou would never use both the courtesy title of Mr. or Ms. and the professional designation of Esquire. Finally, when writing to a lawyer and his or her spouse, never use ''Esq." Instead, address the couple as ''Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jones."
151543
I've to agree with golddigger, you DO command good English than most people.\n\nBoth sounds polite,but if you went with option (b), which sounds just slightly informal, you could probably get that mrs.so&so to talk and reveal more.\n\nGood luck!
671782
I say business person (or people). I also say firefighter (not fireman) mail carrier (not mailman) and police officer (not policeman).
202435
Ask around at the police station.
643449
You mean like prisoner/guard, police officer/suspect, pilot/stewardess, pirate/prisoner, knight/damsel, boss/secretary?
151586
I think they are asking you if you prefer to be referred to as Ms, Miss, Mrs, or Mr
814823
No, we do not address lawyers in any particular way. Mr. or Mrs. is the preferred way to address someone formally. Lawyers do sometimes put "Esq." or "Esquire" at the end of their names.\n\nLawyers do, however, have doctorate degrees. The degree earned at law school is a Juris Doctor or Doctor of Law, so in the technical sense they are doctors.
472711
The answer is who. You would use whom if you were taking an action towards someone, for example 'The clerk spoke to the person whom was next in line'. You would use whoever if there was no specific person in mind, for example 'Tell the clerk to speak to whoever is next in line.' and whomever thus 'Tell whomever is next in line to come forward.'
715478
if your addressing an older person you don't know (using usted, the formal way)\n\n1. how old are you? = ¿Cuántos años tiene (usted)? or ¿Qué edad tiene (usted)?\n2. how old is your brother? = ¿Cuántos años tiene su hermano?\n3. where are you from? = ¿De dónde es (usted)?\n4. what do you do with your family? = ¿Qué hace (usted) con su familia?\n5. who do you live with? =¿Con quién vive (usted)?\n6. Do you like your...? = ¿(A usted) le gusta su...? (singular) or ¿(A usted) le gustan sus...? (plural)\n\naddressing one person your familiar with (using tú, informal)\n\n1. ¿Cuántos años tienes? or ¿Qué edad tienes?\n2. ¿Cuántos años tiene tu hermano?\n3. ¿De dónde eres?\n4. ¿Qué haces con tu familia?\n5. ¿Con quién vives?\n6. ¿Te gusta tu...? (singular)  or ¿Te gustan tus...? (plural)\n\naddressing more than 1 person\n\n1. ¿Cuántos años tenéis? or ¿Qué edad tenéis?\n2. ¿De dónde sois?\n3. ¿Qué hacéis con vuestras familias?\n4. ¿Con quién vivís?\n5. ¿Os gusta vuestro...? (sing. masc.) ¿Os gusta vuestra...? (sing. fem.) ¿Os gustan vuestros...? (plural masc.) ¿Os gustan vuestras...? (plural fem.)
515503
Just ask her what she wants to be called and respect her for it. Am sure she would really appreciate you for it.
637448
The term of respect "Sir" is used when speaking to officers and civilian officials. Each sentence or statement should be either preceded or terminated with the word "Sir", but should not be used both before and after the statement. When speaking with a female officer, the term "Ma'am" instead of "Sir" is used.   \nhttp://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/9283/page4.html\n\nWhen speaking to a group of men you use the collective "gentlemen".  With women you use the collective "ladies".\n\nAll military personnel are addressed properly by their grade or title. Airman First Class Jones is correctly addressed as "Airman Jones." Master Sergeant Smith may be called "Master Sergeant Smith" or "Sergeant Smith," but should never be addressed "Hey, Sarge." Chief Master Sergeant Clifford will be called "Chief Clifford," never "Sergeant Clifford."\n\nOfficers senior to you may be addressed by their rank and last name, or as "Sir" or "Ma'am." To officers junior to you, use their rank or rank and last name. Rank has no sex and one of the most glaring blunders is to assume a ranking officer is a "he." A lieutenant is addressed officially as "Lieutenant." A Lieutenant Colonel is addressed as "Colonel." \nhttp://level2.cap.gov/Prof_Dev_Modules/cap_lesson_10/lesson10_html/lesson10.htm
323394
Write to Her Majesties Private Secretary. The address is, \nThe Private Secretary to Her Majesty the Queen\nBuckingham Palace\nLondon SW1A 1AA.\n\nAlways refer to HM as "Your Majesty" \n\nEnd the letter with, "It is an honour to remain, your Majesties most humble and obedient servant."\n\nThe Times of London (newspaper) used to have a style guide for this sort of thing...
973344
1 police\n2 witness\n3 murderer  and victim\n4 hangman\n5 judge and victim\n\ncommon sense
803316
The appropriate written form is Mr. InsertNameHere.  This is also appropriate for personal meetings as well, though "sir" is generally substituted during the content of the conversation as appropriate.  It is perfectly acceptable to use an alternative form of address if they ask you to do so: "Please, call me Tony."
461982
Don't worry: "Ne t'en fais pas." or "Ne vous en faites pas" to an adult or stranger.\n\nTake it easy: "Calme-toi" or "Calmez-vous" to an adult or stranger.\n\nThere's also:\n"Ce n'est pas grave." - "It's no big deal." or "It's not serious."