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Fire1 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Doesn't this sentence "I'm so sorry for you to hear that" make any sense?

What does "I'm so sorry for you to hear that" mean in this conversation?


Let us assume that there are three people: Jack, Bob and Claire. Bob says to Claire: "By the way, your dog died". Jack, Claire's friend, says to Claire, "I'm so sorry for you to hear that."


1. Is this sentence grammatically correct?

2. What does it mean?

  

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fire1 1. Is this sentence grammatically correct? Yes.

  • fire1 1.
  • Is this sentence grammatically correct?
  • Yes.
  • It's also often said as "I'm ( so ) sorry that you had to hear that".
  • fire1 2.
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fire11. Is this sentence grammatically correct?

Yes. It's also often said as "I'm ( so ) sorry that you had to hear that".

fire12. What does it mean?

What don't you understand? "sorry"? "hear"?

CJ

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