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Frizzy Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

apologize and apologies

What is the difference between "apologies* for any inconvenience caused" and "*apologize for any inconvenience caused"?
Can we use them both for formal communication? Thank you.
  

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Frizzy Can we use them both for formal communication? No. They are both incomplete sentences.

— CalifJim

  • Frizzy Can we use them both for formal communication?
  • No.
  • They are both incomplete sentences.
  • 'apologies' is a noun.
  • The full sentence is something like the following: [I offer / Allow me to offer] my apologies for any inconvenience caused.
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FrizzyCan we use them both for formal communication?
No. They are both incomplete sentences.

'apologies' is a noun. The full sentence is something like the following:

[I offer / Allow me to offer] my apologies for any inconvenience caused.

'apologize' is a verb. The full sentence is:

I apologize for any inconven
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I send my sincere apologies for what I have done. (Correct)
I want to apologize for all my mistakes. (Correct)

We also use this with sympathy.

I send my deepest sympathies for your loss.
I truly sympathize with you for having such a great loss.
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Thank you for the explanation. At first I was a bit upset when my friend made correction to the sentence, but now I understand the difference.
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