?A que se debe el honor?
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Why is it written "debe" instead of "debo" or "debemos"? It is understood that person asks about himserf, or him & his friends.
The phrase was taken from a book.
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updated Aug 11, 2011
posted by Fatality
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It could be impersonal, "to what does one owe the honor'? 
updated Aug 11, 2011
posted by Kiwi-Girl
edit - thanx to Laz - not impersonal but passive reflexive :) - Kiwi-Girl, Aug 11, 2011
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It is definitely not syntactically impersonal. Changing the order of the sentence we have:
The honour [e.g. of your visit] is due to what?
"El honor" is the subject of this sentence, so it is not impersonal, but passive reflexive:
¿A qué es debido el honor?
updated Aug 11, 2011
edited by lazarus1907
posted by lazarus1907
whoopsie lol - thanx laz - Kiwi-Girl, Aug 11, 2011
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Thank you!
updated Aug 11, 2011
posted by Fatality
