ToBE #7 : Give respect, take respect

In this issue, we shall discuss on the different meanings of respect, when followed by different letters.
Respect/respects : Quite straight-forward, aren't they?

• Respect your elders.
• I went to the village to pay my respects to my grand-parents.

With respect to : Here we don't mean 'respect' in its stand-alone sense. "In relation to.." / "In the subject of..." / "Regarding..."

• This mail is with respect to your request for leave next week.
• Using 'with respects to' is wrong.

Respected : ... given respect by others.

• Patel was a highly-respected person.
• Respected sir, please consider my application.

Respecting : This is often confused with respected, and means the opposite. It means, "...giving respect to...". It is rarely used in its actual sense.

• Suren is a respecting individual.

Respective : Corresponding.

• Please get back to your respective seats.
• On Children's Day, the students came with their respective parents.