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84HGabor Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

I'm sorry for having you involved in this situation! Does it make sense?

Hi,

I'm curious if this sentence makes actually sense: "I'm sorry for having you involved in this situation!" (So, I caused some one to be in a certain situation, and I apologize for that.)

Thank you!
  

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84HGabor I'm curious if this sentence makes actually sense: "I'm sorry for having you involved in this situation Yes, but a native speaker would probably say something simple like: I am sorry for what happened to you. I am sorry that I've caused you the trouble... I am sorry for the pain / trouble/ misery that I caused you.

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  • 84HGabor I'm curious if this sentence makes actually sense: "I'm sorry for having you involved in this situation Yes, but a native speaker would probably say something simple like: I am sorry for what happened to you.
  • I am sorry that I've caused you the trouble...
  • I am sorry for the pain / trouble/ misery that I caused you.
  • Using proressive perfect seems a bit overbearing to me.
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84HGabor I'm curious if this sentence makes actually sense: "I'm sorry for having you involved in this situation
Yes, but a native speaker would probably say something simple like:
I am sorry for what happened to you.
I am sorry that I've caused
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While some might isnist on "I'm sorry for having you involved in this situation!", I think that many of us would accept "I'm sorry for involving you in this situation!" Most native speakers are not too concerned about what some insist are 'rules'.
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You could also rearrange and end up with a tense that makes sense: "I'm sorry for having involved you in this situation!"
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There is more than one way to express an idea and concept. In a nut shell, my opinion is that besides learning the proper grammar, construction, learners seem to have a tougher time grasping the proper senamtics in a given context for the intended meaning. My personal approach is, make it simple with a present particple construction: I am sorry for getting you involved in this xxxx. It should be p
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