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Arek123 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Have disturbing/disturbing

Do I understand correctly?

I’m sorry for…
• Disturbing you -> because I am disturbing you right now
• Having disturbing you -> because I have disturbed you
I’m angry for…
• Being disturbed -> because you are disturbing me right now
• Having been disturbed -> because you have disturbed me
  

Top answer

The first sentence is fine. The adjective disturbed means something completely different, so be careful with its use. com/dictionary/disturbed

— Pronunciationkaren

  • The first sentence is fine.
  • The adjective disturbed means something completely different, so be careful with its use.
  • com/dictionary/disturbed
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The first sentence is fine.

The adjective disturbed means something completely different, so be careful with its use.
See the definition here:

http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/disturbed
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Thank you for this answer. Unfortunately an error leaked into my question, I wanted to ask about “I’m sorry for… …having disturbed you” instead of “I’m sorry for …having disturbing you”, I’m sorry for this mistake.

You are right, I didn't take the meaning of the adjective "disturbed" into consideration when I was writing those sentences. Let me write some similar sentences with a differen
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