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Anonymous Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Sorry for/to

"I'm leaving now, dude. Sorry for disturbing you./Sorry to disturb you."

"I'm leaving now, dude. Sorry for taking your time./Sorry to take your time."


The speaker has "disturbed" the dude and technically is still disturbing him as he hasn't left yet. Which one is natural (if any) in the two examples?

  

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anonymous "I'm leaving now, dude. " "I'm leaving now, dude. " The speaker has "disturbed" the dude and technically is still disturbing him as he hasn't left yet.

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anonymous

"I'm leaving now, dude. Sorry for disturbing you./Sorry to disturb you."

"I'm leaving now, dude. Sorry for taking your time./Sorry to take your time."


The speaker has "disturbed" the dude and technically is still disturbing him as he hasn't left yet. Which one is natural (if any)(if either) in the

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anonymous"I'm leaving now, dude. Sorry for disturbing you./Sorry to disturb you."

Either is correct.

anonymous"I'm leaving now, dude. Sorry for taking your time./Sorry to take your time."

Almost. say:

I'm leaving now, dude. Sorry for taking up your time.

or

I'm leaving now, dude. Sorry to take