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Tashiro Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Distinctions in meaning

Hi, please help me.

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."
"I'm sorry to keep you waiting."
These sentences have distinctions in meaning?
  

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Yes they do have different meanings. " ... This suggests that you have been waiting up until now and your wait is now over.

— LouiseT

  • Yes they do have different meanings.
  • " ...
  • This suggests that you have been waiting up until now and your wait is now over.
  • I'm sorry to have kept you waiting but Mr X will see you now.
  • " ......
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Yes they do have different meanings.

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting." ... This suggests that you have been waiting up until now and your wait is now over.

I'm sorry to have kept you waiting but Mr X will see you now.

"I'm sorry to keep you waiting." ...... You need to keep waiting.

I'm sorry to keep you waiting, Mr X is in a meeting.
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Thank you for the reply.
Can I say, "I'm sorry to be keeping you waiting" or "I'm sorry to have been keeping you waiting."?
If possible, the meanings of these sentences are different from the previous sentences?
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