{"id":893,"date":"2018-09-03T07:52:06","date_gmt":"2018-09-03T06:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sola-poljane.si\/blog\/anglescina\/?p=893"},"modified":"2018-10-28T10:19:36","modified_gmt":"2018-10-28T09:19:36","slug":"how-to-apologize-and-accept-an-apology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poljaneang.splet.arnes.si\/?p=893","title":{"rendered":"How to apologize and accept an apology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/media.santabanta.com\/images\/picsms\/2013\/sms-4098.jpg\" alt=\"Rezultat iskanja slik za APOLOGies clipart animals\" width=\"342\" height=\"228\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sola-poljane.si\/blog\/anglescina\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/excuse2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-894\" title=\"excuse2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sola-poljane.si\/blog\/anglescina\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/excuse2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"306\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sola-poljane.si\/blog\/anglescina\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/excuse2.png\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000\">Part 1- Apologies<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080\">I\u2019m sorry\u2026<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080\"> I&#8217;m so sorry &#8230;<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000080\">I\u2019m very sorry\u2026<br \/>\nI\u2019m terribly sorry\u2026<br \/>\nExcuse me\u2026<br \/>\nPardon me\u2026<br \/>\nI apologize\u2026<br \/>\nI\u2019m afraid\u2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #008000\">Part 2 &#8211; Explaining oneself , accepting responsibility<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000080\">\u2026I wasn\u2019t very well yesterday.<br \/>\n\u2026I didn\u2019t see you.<br \/>\n\u2026It won\u2019t happen again.<br \/>\n\u2026I\u2019ll be more careful next time.<br \/>\n\u2026I\u2019ll finish it before I go home.<br \/>\n\u2026It\u2019s my fault.<br \/>\n\u2026It\u2019s all my fault.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080\" href=\"http:\/\/www.englishpond.com\/speaking\/Communication%20and%20daily%20English\/apologies\/index.html\">Listen <\/a><\/strong><\/span>to the above phrases, read about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.english-online.org.uk\/beginners7\/beg7fun2n.htm\">apologizing and accepting apologies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>Apologizing<\/strong><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sola-poljane.si\/blog\/anglescina\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/I-am-sorry.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-895\" title=\"I am sorry\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sola-poljane.si\/blog\/anglescina\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/I-am-sorry.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"383\" height=\"272\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #008000\">To apologize is to <strong>tell someone that you are sorry<\/strong> for having done something that has caused him inconvenience or unhappiness:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966\"><strong>Examples<\/strong><\/span><em><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/em><strong><span style=\"color: #000080\">I must apologize to Isabel for my late arrival.<br \/>\nI&#8217;d like to apologize for my touble making.<br \/>\nTrains may be subject to delay on the northern line. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #339966\">Here are some expressions you can use to make and respond to apologies.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><span style=\"color: #339966\">Making apologies<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000080\">I am sorry.<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080\"> I do apologize for&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080\"> I must apologize for&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080\"> I apologize for&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080\"> I&#8217;d like to apologize for&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080\"> I am so sorry for&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080\"> I shouldn&#8217;t have&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080\"> It&#8217;s all my fault.<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080\"> I&#8217;m ashamed of&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080\"> Please, forgive me for&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080\"> Excuse me for &#8230;<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080\"> I&#8217;m terribly sorry for&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080\"> Pardon me for this&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080\"> Please, forgive me for my&#8230;.<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080\"> Please, accept my apologies for&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><span style=\"color: #339966\">Accepting apologies<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000080\">That&#8217;s all right.<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080\"> Never mind.<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080\"> Don&#8217;t apologize.<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080\"> It doesn&#8217;t matter.<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080\"> Don&#8217;t worry about it.<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080\"> Don&#8217;t mention it.<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080\"> That&#8217;s OK.<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080\"> I quite understand.<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080\"> You couldn&#8217;t help it.<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080\"> Forget about it.<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080\"> Don&#8217;t worry about it.<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #000080\"> No harm done.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff00ff\">* Remember:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><strong style=\"color: #ff6600\">&#8220;I&#8217;d like to apologize.&#8221; <\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">is the short form of <\/span><strong style=\"color: #ff6600\">&#8220;I would like to apologize.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part 1- Apologies I\u2019m sorry\u2026 I&#8217;m so sorry &#8230; I\u2019m very sorry\u2026 I\u2019m terribly sorry\u2026 Excuse me\u2026 Pardon me\u2026 I apologize\u2026 I\u2019m afraid\u2026 Part 2 &#8211; Explaining oneself , accepting responsibility \u2026I wasn\u2019t very&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24405,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-razred"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poljaneang.splet.arnes.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poljaneang.splet.arnes.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poljaneang.splet.arnes.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poljaneang.splet.arnes.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/24405"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poljaneang.splet.arnes.si\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=893"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/poljaneang.splet.arnes.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1891,"href":"https:\/\/poljaneang.splet.arnes.si\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893\/revisions\/1891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poljaneang.splet.arnes.si\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poljaneang.splet.arnes.si\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poljaneang.splet.arnes.si\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}