"apologize" and "regret"

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0 Today we had a kind of a test at the University, we had to fill in the blanks with appropriate words (4 variants were given). There was a sentence like 02br02br00"We ... to announce further delay of the flight" (announce at the airport) 02br02br00Well, two variants to insert instead of "..." were obviously incorrect, but the other two caused a difficulty. These were "apologize" and "regret". I wrote "We apologize to announce..." but our teacher says it is absolutely incorrect and we should have written "We regret to announce..." and she claims it was the only possible variant.  02br02br00Is she mistaken? What variant would you choose? 0-

Abbie1948 · Accepted Answer

0 I would use "regret", if for no other reason than we don't say: 02br
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00"We apologise to announce" - it would be "We aploogise FOR the late arrival ..." 0-

K48 · Answer

0 OK I got it, thanks. 02br
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00BTW, I see you write "apologize" with "s", is there much difference (US/British maybe?) 0-

Abbie1948 · Answer

0 No difference - just BrE spelling! 0-

Bvpraveen · Answer

0 Some questions : 02br
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001) What does BTW mean? I guess it's Between The Words. What does it imply and when to use it? 02br
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002) Are these usages correct? 02br
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00I apologise FOR his rude behaviour. 12br
10I regret TO his rude behaviour.12blockquote

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Abbie1948 · Answer

0 I apologise FOR his rude behaviour. Yes, this is correct 02br
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00I regret TO his rude behaviour. No. You can say "I regret his rude behaviour". In the example given by K48, the airport announcer uses the infinitive " I regret to announce ...." 0-

Bvpraveen · Answer

0 Thanks Abbie. 0-

Nona the brit · Answer

0 BTW is short for By the Way (Incidentally) 0-

Bvpraveen · Answer

0 Thanks Nona-the-Brit. 0-

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