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Höflichkeit - how to "grease the wheels" of human discourse

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How can a native English speaker know when it is appropriate to use the polite (Sie) or the ...

As a rule of thumb in every day life, you can decide the correct form on how you would call a person in English: if you call someone by their first name or an informal phrase like 'you guys', you ca …
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