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5Likes- 03-Nov-2011, 12:21 #1
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Problems with LET Which is correct?
- Sorry for letting you wait.
- Sorry to let you wait.
- Sorry for letting you waiting.
Is it possible to skip the problem using: Sorry for keeping you waiting? Or
Sorry to keep you waiting?
- 03-Nov-2011, 12:40 #2
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Teacher Re: Problems with LET Your final option is the one that is most commonly heard.. If you use "let", there is an implication that you allowed the person to wait.
Originally Posted by dilodi83 
- 03-Nov-2011, 18:46 #3
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Teacher Re: Problems with LET More than an implication, I'd say. If you let (= allowed ...to) somebody wait, you wouldn't apologise. Originally Posted by riquecohen
- 03-Nov-2011, 19:56 #4
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Teacher Re: Problems with LET So, would it be correct to state instead "Sorry, to have made you wait!"
- 03-Nov-2011, 19:59 #5
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Teacher Re: Problems with LET Without the comma, yes. riquecohen's "Sorry to keep you waiting" is more natural, as is "Sorry to have kept you waiting". Originally Posted by Hitch
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