excuse or apologise

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Roadster

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Does this sound right to you:
We made this error and hope that you could excuse that.:?:
 
Yes, excuse is OK, but apologise isn't.
 
Does this sound right to you:
We made this error and hope that you could excuse that.:?:

You could say: "We apologize for our error and hope that you can excuse that mistake.
 
The simplest thing to say is "We apologise for our mistake".
 
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