T–V distinction
Modern English has no grammatical system of honorific speech, with formality and informality being conveyed entirely by register, word choice, tone, rhetorical strategy, etc. Middle English once exhibited a T–V distinction between the 2nd person singular pronoun "thou" and the 2nd person plural "ye" and later "you", with the latter being used as an honorific regardless of the number of addressees. "Thou" and its associated forms have fallen into disuse and are considered archaic, though it is often used in recreations of archaic-sounding speech.