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Lydia Lin

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When you say "I'm such a klutz." alone, does that count as an apology? As a non-native speaker, I wonder how native speakers of American English would use that utterance. Thank you.
 

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"I'm such a klutz" means "I'm so clumsy." So it's up to you. If you consider that "I'm so clumsy" would be a sufficient apology in the circumstances, then so would "I'm such a klutz."
 

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Thank you for your answer.
 
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