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- Proper answer to excuse me - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
What is a proper reply for excuse me? Like for thank you, you can say no problem or welcome I don't know what a proper reply for excuse me would be
- expressions - Excuse Me. . . Is it polite or just a terse way to ask . . .
Normally, "excuse me" is a polite alternative to "get out of my way" It is traditionally used when a person wants to get somewhere and others are unintentionally standing in the way
- phrases - Difference between Excuse me and Sorry - English Language . . .
17 Sorry expresses more regret than excuse me does If I'm trying to leave the room and you're in my way, I'll say "Excuse me " I recognize that I'm inconveniencing you by asking you to move, but the inconvenience is very small, and I don't expect you to be offended by the request
- Is there a significant difference between “sorry,” “pardon” and “excuse . . .
Both "excuse me" and "pardon me" can be said in anger, for instance, if someone is standing in your way (see bullet point one under excuse me) and you feel they are being quite inconsiderate and should have realized that they were in the way, you might say "excuse me!" in your angriest voice
- Excuse I correctness - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I had a gentleman say "Excuse I" to me the other day as he passed me in the hallway He was a professor at the university I attend, and so it got me thinking: Is "Excuse I" acceptable grammar even
- What is the difference between excuse me and forgive me?
In particular, saying excuse me after breaking wind or burping was once a classic "non-U" identifier, that is an identifier of someone who was middle class trying to pass for upper class (the working class at the time might ask it, and might not, the middle class almost always would, while among the upper class the polite thing was for nobody
- Response to Excuse me when some one wants to pass you
It has happened to me a lot that when I am searching for an item in aisle in a supermarket and somebody says "excuse me" and passes me What is a natural response to excuse myself here? What shou
- meaning - Does excuse you imply Im at fault? - English Language . . .
1 Excuse you is the subverted form of the idiom excuse me It definitely implies that it was your, i e , the non-speaker's, fault If you do something rude and minor (like burp, or accidentally bump into someone, etc), you say "Excuse me" to apologize Some people rudely say "excuse you" to someone they feel needs to apologize for being rude
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