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With all due respect, madams and sirs, I beg to differ.
by NihilumExNil 8y ago
With all due respect, madams and sirs, I beg to differ.
- chrisseaton 8y agoThose are terms of address, and in English you can just avoid them entirely. In other languages you can't say some quite basic things, such as articles, without explicitly choosing a level of formality, which can be awkward.