Grammatica - loco

Appendix 1
Letter writing
and email
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the title applicable to those with a degree in engineering. For other disciplines
the title drs. (doctorandus) is used, the Flemish equivalent being lic.
(licentiaat). Other than on envelopes, these titles are nowadays most usually
not capitalized, a practice which has been sanctioned by the spelling reform.
The tradition of prefixing the names of those with one or other title with
a rather long-winded form of address commensurate with the qualification
of the person concerned, was previously very common but is now only
found in some rarefied or official circles. Generally speaking these titles
are used when the writer feels recipients might appreciate the recognition
of their status. They are as follows:
De hooggeleerde heer/vrouwe Bots
a professor
De weledelzeergeleerde heer/mevrouw Bots
someone with a doctorate 2
De weledelgeleerde heer/mevrouw Bots
a doctorandus
De weledelgestrengee heer/mevrouw Bots
s.o. with the title of ir. or mr.
De weleerwaarde heer/mevrouw Bots
a dominee
These titles often precede the academic title and name on a separate line,
as follows:
De weledelgeleerde heer
drs. C. Dijkstra
The address
a Dutch address: a foreign address:
Bollenhofsestr. 20 Hauptstraße 26
3572 VN UTRECHT Gerlingen 70839
DUITSLAND
Note that the number follows the name of the street. The town or city is
often commonly written in upper case when typed or underlined when
2 A medical doctor (a dokter or arts), as opposed to someone with a PhD (a doctor),
is addressed with weledelgeleerd.