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Lucas21c Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Sorry

Is "He felt sorry for her" understood in two ways? First, it means that he is sorry that he did something wrong to her. Second, it conveys the idea that he just sympathized with her. Am I right?
  

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It conveys the idea that he felt sympathy for her, but not that he regretted wronging her.

— Blue Jay

  • It conveys the idea that he felt sympathy for her, but not that he regretted wronging her.
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It conveys the idea that he felt sympathy for her, but not that he regretted wronging her.
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#2 is the standard meaning.

The #1 meaning would be said by a native speaker in another way,
eg He felt sorry about her.

The context would normally make the meaning very clear.

Clive
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Then, is the relation between "He felt sorry for/about her" also applied to "I am sorry for/about you"? How about "I am sorry to you"?
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Then, is the relation between "He felt sorry for/about her" also applied to "I am sorry for/about you"? Yes.

How about "I am sorry to you"? I cant find a meaning in this.

Clive
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1. Could you tell me which one is right between 'for' and 'about' in the following sentence?

I am sorry [ for / about ] coming to your party.

2. Can I say 'going' instead of 'coming' in the above sentence?
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1) You could use either.
2) Yes, but I'd be more likely to use coming while I was there, and going if I were talking about it later.
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I missed out 'not' in front of 'coming'. Actually, the original sentence should have been "I am sorry for/about not coming to your party." So, if we take this corrected sentence as the one we are talking about, I can't be at the party and the word of apology must happen after the party was over. In case of this, what can I use between 'coming' and going'?
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Either verb would work, and either for or about would work.
In that instance I'd probably say I'm sorry for not coming to your party.
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How about "I'm sorry not to have come to your party"?
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lucas21cHow about "I'm sorry not to have come to your party"?
It's grammatical, but you are much more likely to hear my version used.
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