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Hasibrahman Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

God, please forgive me

Is this sentence grammatically correct? How can I change it for sounding more natural?


God, please forgive me for telling these outright lies out of my reluctance.

  

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***, please forgive me for telling these outright lies reluctantly. This sounds like a prayer, ie you are asking *** to do something. We also say eg I did something terrible.

— Clive

  • ***, please forgive me for telling these outright lies reluctantly.
  • This sounds like a prayer, ie you are asking *** to do something.
  • We also say eg I did something terrible.
  • May *** forgive me!
  • Here, you are not talking directly to ***.
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***, please forgive me for telling these outright lies reluctantly.

This sounds like a prayer, ie you are asking *** to do something.

We also say eg I did something terrible. May *** forgive me! Here, you are not talking directly to ***. You are expressing your hope that *** will forgive you.

Clive

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