Does this sound right to you: We made this error and hope that you could excuse that.:?:
R Roadster Junior Member Joined Jun 28, 2009 Member Type English Teacher Native Language German Home Country Germany Current Location Germany Mar 4, 2014 #1 Does this sound right to you: We made this error and hope that you could excuse that.:?:
R Rover_KE Moderator Staff member Joined Jun 20, 2010 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country England Current Location England Mar 4, 2014 #2 Yes, excuse is OK, but apologise isn't.
MikeNewYork VIP Member Joined Nov 13, 2002 Member Type Academic Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Mar 5, 2014 #3 Roadster said: Does this sound right to you: We made this error and hope that you could excuse that.:?: Click to expand... You could say: "We apologize for our error and hope that you can excuse that mistake.
Roadster said: Does this sound right to you: We made this error and hope that you could excuse that.:?: Click to expand... You could say: "We apologize for our error and hope that you can excuse that mistake.
5jj Moderator Staff member Joined Oct 14, 2010 Member Type English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country Czech Republic Current Location Czech Republic Mar 5, 2014 #4 The simplest thing to say is "We apologise for our mistake".