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English does not have a standard polite way of addressing strangers.
For example, it is very difficult to know how to attract the attention of
a stranger. Hello, sorry or excuse me are most likely to be used. Sir!
Madam! are not commonly used:
Sorry, you’ve dropped your scarf.
Excuse me, are you a friend of Sheila’s?
Job titles
We don’t normally call people by the name of their job or profession.
Some jobs or professions which we can use as terms of address
are:doctor (medical), driver, nurse, minister, officer, waiter:
Do you think it’s serious, doctor?
Now, minister, can you explain this policy to us?
Excuse me, waiter, sorry, could I have some more bread, please?
We use Dr / dɒktə(r)] for medical doctors and people with a
doctorate qualification (PhD). We use a wide range of titles for jobs.
Some common ones in business management are:
1. Chief Executive Officer CEO /si: i:əʊ/
2. Managing Director MD /em di:/
3. Financial Director FD /ef di:/

4. Chief Technical Officer CTO /si: ti: əʊ/
5. Vice-President VP /vi: pi:/ (especially in the USA)

6. Chair/Chairperson/Chairman / tʃeəmən/
We often use abbreviations:

Kapor was founder and CEO of Lotus.

14 Explain the use of titles and names in the following sentences.
President Lincoln was the 16th president.
General MacArthur ended his career in 1951.
King Abdullah rules in Jordan.

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