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Osee Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

gremlins, sorry of

1b01u00Good Afternoon:00 00My apology for the confusion.00 00I have been given a new computer and the old emails appeared to look like new ones.00 01font01font00Gremlins!02font00 00Sorry of02font00 the inconvenience.00 00I will remove the charges from your patron account.02u02b02br
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00The above comes from an email. 02br
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00Can you tell me what's it mean by 01b01font00Gremlins02font02b00 in this context? 02br
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00BTW, I would like to say 01font00sorry about02font00 instead of 01font00sorry of02font00. Any comment about this?02br
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00Thanks a lot.0-
  

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0 "Gremlins" is a term for those things that happen unexpectedly and for which there is no obvious explanation, They are visualized as nasty and malicious entities. "Sorry about" would be fine, or "sorry for" as an alternative. 0-

— Feebs11

  • 0 "Gremlins" is a term for those things that happen unexpectedly and for which there is no obvious explanation, They are visualized as nasty and malicious entities.
  • "Sorry about" would be fine, or "sorry for" as an alternative.
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0 "Gremlins" is a term for those things that happen unexpectedly and for which there is no obvious explanation, They are visualized as nasty and malicious entities. "Sorry about" would be fine, or "sorry for" as an alternative. 0-
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0Is this polite to use in an email like this?0-
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0It's informal, but perfectly polite, containing two apologies and a way to fix the the problem that was caused.0-
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