Apologizing expressions -74

         Apologizing expressions

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Tendering an apology and its response

I am sorry If I had hurt you.

Not at all.

I am sorry for that.

That’s alright./it’s O.K

O.K. I am  sorry Jane. Let’s forget about it.

O.K. now but ……..

I am  terribly sorry.

Not at all.

Sorry Shane, will you forgive me?

(Just nodding the head with a mild smile)

I am  sorry, I just cracked a joke.

Don’t worry  forgot about that.

I am sorry sir.

Please be cautious/careful/attentive hereafter.

Sorry, I am late.

O.K get on/carry on, try to be on time hereafter/in future

I am very sorry for ………

Don’t worry, It’s O.K.

I am extremely sorry for ……….

Don’t feel bad about it, it happens.

Sorry it was not intentional.

That’s alright.

Sorry I am late again.

O.K. now please don’t let it happen again.

Please excuse me for….

It’s quite natural, forget about it.

Sorry it’s entirely my fault/mistake.

Well, it Doesn’t matter now, but please …..

Sorry,  I occupied your seat.

It’s alright, It happens in all parties.

APOLOGIZING DIPLOMATICALLY

I apologize for the delay, I hope you would forgive me.

I am sorry for  my remarks on immigrants, I didn’t mean to hurt anyone.

I take back my words. I am extremely sorry, if my words have hurt anyone.

I tender my unconditional apology for expressing my views on foreigners. I didn’t mean to hurt non European workers.

I strongly regret for the excesses committed by our Security forces during the occupation.

My sincere apology to the people who suffered the recent hurricane . I assure them of  more food supplies and medicines within twenty four hours.

    

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Past & Past participle -73

        Past and Past participle                                            

INTRODUCTION                                                    

We often tend to get confused with past and participle verbs usage, because  the regular verbs have same form in past and past participle category. The verb come takes present form in past participle category .

Look at the Following verb forms

Present	Past	Past part.	Type
Call	called	called	regular
Walk	walked	walked	regular
Go	went	gone	irregular
Sea	saw	seen	irregular
come	came	come	exceptional

Look at the following sentences

1. She has visited the White house.

2. She visited the White house last week.

3. She has seen the white house.

In the first sentence the verb visited represents past participle verb form. In the second sentence the verb visited represents past verb form. In the third sentence the verb seen represents past participle form. It’s very important to distinguish past and past participle form of the verb (Visited), How can we identify this distinction?

RULE

With the helping verbs like have/has/had we must always use  past participle verb

e.g.

She has gone to the bank.

We have seen him just now.

She had completed her work.

Have you seen him?

Has she attended the meeting?

Verb Come

She has come from California.

She came yesterday.

She had come before the chief guest arrived.

They have come to meet the Chairman.  

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have as possessive -72

                have as possessive

                                                 

The Term Possessive in grammar means that something belongs to someone or something.

e.g. We have an apartment in New York.

         The apartment has a swimming pool.

Rule

Person	Singular	Plural
First	I have	We have
Second	You have	You have
Third	He has She has It has	They have They have They have

NOTE:

He/she include all singular nouns (Personal), pronouns etc. it includes collective nouns abstract nouns, common nouns proper nouns etc.

In Britain have got is mostly used compared to have. 

                                                             have/ has with  I/we/you/they

Five types of spoken sentences - Pattern

I/we/you/they + have  a book  - (Simple sentence/message/news etc.)

I/we/you/they + don't have a book   (Negative sentence)

Do +I/we/you/they + have  a book ?('yes/no' question)

Don't I/we/you/they + have a book?('yes/no' question)

What  + do + I/we/you/they + have ? ('wh' question)

NOTE: In fast speech 'do'  is dropped. 'Any' is used instead of 'a' in declarative question.

                                                       have/has with he/she/it

Five types of spoken sentences - pattern

He/she/it + has  a book. (Simple sentence/message/news etc.)

He/she/it + doesn't  have a book (Negative sentence)

Does + He/she/it + have a book? ('yes/no' question)

Doesn't  he/she/it + have a book? ('yes/no' question)

What  + does + he/she/it  + have? ('wh' question).

More examples

She has a very fair look.

The new government has a narrow majority.

I have three brothers.

We have a French  maid.

She didn’t have a job last year. She didn’t had a job last year.

Do you have some money?

Does she have a secure job?

The mountain has a big cave.

Do you have some time to spare?

Does this building have good foundation/base?

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Have been in talks - 71

              have been in talks

                             

Conversation – have been Structure -  wh question(What is wh question?Click Grammarmail.com 

RULE 
Where have + I/ we/ you/ they  +  been ( They includes all plural nouns, pronouns and things   in plural forms.)

Where has he/she/it + been ( He and She include all singular nouns and pronouns, it includes  

all collective nouns and things.)

Two Friends (A and B)  meet each other – Conversation follows.

A. It’s good to see you again. Where have you been lately?

A. I am happy to seen you again. Where have you been since March?

A. We are glad to seen you. Where have you been these days?

A. It’s wonderful to meet you again.  Where have you been since we left the College/School?

A. It’s so exciting to seen you again Joe. Where have you been for the last two months?

    

        

NOTE: Slanting letters sentences are not part of the have been structure.

For is used when some quantity of time is referred.

Since is used when we refer particular time in the past.

Response to the above statements (with have been)

B. I have been to Alaska.

B. I have been busy with the new business.

B. I have been involved with my company’s annual financial audit.

Response  to the above statements (without  have been)

I was busy with extra work.

I was busy with my new job.

I was at my hometown with my family.

I had to clear some  important files in my office.

Sentences with has been structure.

Where has he been in the morning?

He has been to the post office.

Where has she been last week?

She has been to Berlin?

CONVERSATION – have been structure – yes/no question. What is yes/no question? Click  Grammarmail.com  
                                 

RULE - 
have + I/ we/ you/ they  +  been ( They includes all plural nouns pronouns and things in  plural forms.)

has + he/she/it + been ( He and She include all singular nouns and pronouns, it includes all  

collective nouns and things.)

Have you been to Rome? Yes,  twice.

Have you ever been to Paris ? Yes, once.

Have you ever been to the White House? No, not even once.

Have you been to Sydney recently?  No, I haven’t.

Has she been to the bank this morning? I think she has. 

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