The phrase "address a man" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the act of speaking to or directing a message towards a male individual.
Example: "During the meeting, I will address a man who has extensive experience in the industry."
Alternatives: "speak to a man" or "directly communicate with a man".
"I refused to address a man as 'Dear Bloggins', as I hadn't been to public [ie, private] school with him.
"Xiansheng" is the most common way to address a man today in Mandarin, replacing the gender-free "tongzhi," which began to fade in the 1980s, after the death of Mao Zedong.
The two sisters fretted whether to use the familiar "du" rather than the formal "Sie" to address a man who has been known to correct visitors calling him "Chancellor Schröder" rather than "Federal Chancellor Schröder".
As Ms. Owens spoke to the operator, giving her address, a man she identified as her son was heard in the background saying, "I got a gun and I'm gonna shoot you," according to a transcript of the call.
Just when it seemed that the world was ready to move on from a poorly received "Tonight Show" joke that offended Sikhs – and, perhaps, onto President Obama's poorly received "spilled milk" joke from Tuesday's State of the Union address – a man has filed a suit against Jay Leno, the "Tonight Show" host, for what he says are "racist" remarks.
Later during the same keynote address, a man was removed by security staff shortly after shouting "you all work for a totalitarian company that builds robots that kill people".
Lawrence said it was Congress' responsibility to address a "man-made disaster created by the poor policy decisions of elected and career government officials".
It's a flirtatious, disarming way of addressing a man decades her senior.
The equivalent term employed by people who would call a woman "love", "dear" or "darling", when addressing a man, is "sir".
It's not precisely clear why, but Outhwaite told me that medieval Jews hardly wrote anything at all — whether personal letters or shopping lists — without referring to God. (Addressing a man might involve blessing him with one of God's names; an enemy might be cursed with an invocation of God's malice).
Addressing a man with a military background, Erasmus defines the true Christian life as constant warfare against worldly temptation.
