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| Selected response from: Reinaldo Quiles United States Local time: 21:36 | ||||||
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The Hounourable President of the Nation Explanation: ... a suggestion. Example: AI Norge - : USA ... of the death penalty. Send appeals to: The Honourable William J. Clinton, President of the USA, The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC ... www.amnesty.no/ainweb.nsf/ListSorted/F71BA1648D77DCD1C12568... HTH Reference: http://www.google.com |
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Dear Mr. President: Explanation: Although an address would read "The Honorable (name)," salutations in the US, even in official correspondence, do not usually include such fancy titles as they do in most other countries. Reference: http://www.senate.gov/~banking/corresp/0201wh.htm Reference: http://www.house.gov/evans/ethanol_mtbe.htm |
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To the Right Excellent President of the Nation Explanation: I don't feel right about changing the register of the original; in this I agree with Davorka. |
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To His Excelency The President Of The Nation Explanation: The meaning is here of extreme patronage (at least written). Excelentísimo is the superlative of excelente. This is more of the meaning it conveys, short of saying the Lit.: To the Most Excellent Lord...or To His highest excellency Mr.... |
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