The phrase "addressing a man" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the act of speaking to or directing communication towards a male individual.
Example: "In the meeting, she was careful when addressing a man in a position of authority."
Alternatives: "speaking to a man" or "directing to a man".
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.
A few years ago, when I approached the president of the organization I worked for to recommend company-wide adoption of a flex policy, I was addressing a man in his mid-70s; as a result, I could hardly suggest he "Just wait and see what it's like when you become a mom".
"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".
Lawrence said it was Congress' responsibility to address a "man-made disaster created by the poor policy decisions of elected and career government officials".
ZHLUB A recent New Yorker cartoon by David Sipress has an ordinary-looking woman addressing a wimpish man on the other end of a couch with "I want to start dating other zhlubs".
Updated at 7.14pm BST 6.39pm BST ITV have just broadcast shocking footage of a man addressing a camera with bloody hands and a machete with the victim behind him.
