Bamboo Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
sorry for and sorry about
0 when you express regret or apology, can we use them interchangeably? 02 br
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00 I'm sorry for/about my rudeness. etc. 02 br
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00 thanks in advance, 02 br
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00 I'm sorry for/about that. 02 br
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00 I'm sorry for/about my rudeness. etc. 02 br
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00 thanks in advance, 02 br
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02 font 02 br 02 br 01 font 00 Maybe someone else can explain better with some rules. 05 0 02 font 010id 1
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0 I'm sorry for/about that. 02 br
01 font 00 I usually just say "Oh, sorry about that." 02 br
00 "(I'm) sorry for that" doesn't collocate as well, in my mind. 02 font 02 br
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00 I'm sorry for/about my rudeness, etc. 02 br
01 font 00 In this case I'd usually say "I'm sorry about my rudeness." 0
01 font 00 I usually just say "Oh, sorry about that." 02 br
00 "(I'm) sorry for that" doesn't collocate as well, in my mind. 02 font 02 br
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00 I'm sorry for/about my rudeness, etc. 02 br
01 font 00 In this case I'd usually say "I'm sorry about my rudeness." 0
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