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Yoong Liat Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Is expression correct?

0Sorry for the inconvenience 01b00I am giving you.02b02br
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00Is the part in bold incorrect?02br
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0 No, it's awkward. I'd say:02br 02br 01i 00Sorry for inconveniencing you. 02br 02br 02i 00 or simply:01i 02br 02br 00 Sorry for the inconvenience.

— Marius Hancu

  • 0 No, it's awkward.
  • I'd say:02br 02br 01i 00Sorry for inconveniencing you.
  • 02br 02br 02i 00 or simply:01i 02br 02br 00 Sorry for the inconvenience.
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0 No, it's awkward. I'd say:02br
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0Hi Marius02br
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00No, it's awkward. I'd say. But is the sentence grammatically correct? Thanks in advance.0-
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0 I think the problem here is whether we can "give" incovenience or not. I really don't know, but if you take a look at the net it seems it's not a good collocation (give+inconvenience).02br
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0AS Kooyeen says, the problem is with 'give'. I suppose it is a grammatical sentence but give and inconvenience does not work, so the whole sentence just looks 'wrong'.02br
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00Change 'giving' to 'causing' and it is ok.0-
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0Thanks, Nona. I agree with your suggestion.0-
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0In [inconvenience + giving], there may be an echo of phrases such as "Sorry for giving you so much trouble".02br
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01cite10MrPedantic12cite12br
10In [inconvenience + giving], there may be an echo of phrases such as "Sorry for giving you so much trouble".12br
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10So, is "Sorry for giving you so much inconvenience" correct? If it is, then "Sorry for the inco
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0Again, it's not incorrect... but it's so ODD. Sorry for causing you so much inconvenience or sorry for the inconvenience I am causing you.0-
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10Again, it's not incorrect... but it's so ODD. Sorry for causing you so much inconvenience or sorry for the inconvenience I am causing you.12br
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10Singaporeans often write: "Sorry for the inconvenience caused." What is your opinion on this? Is it
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0In a "non-apology" (you don't really say you're sorry for your own actions) you can say something like "I regret the inconvenience this has caused you."02br
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00In a real apology (you do take responsibiltiy) you would say "I'm sorry for the inconvenience I have caused." In this case, it stresses that "I" did it, not simply that "it" happened.02br
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