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"sorry to interrupt, the boss just gave a job to Anthony which is quite urgent". or. "sorry for interrupting, ...". EnglishLanguageLearnersStackExchangeisaquestionandanswersiteforspeakersofotherlanguageslearningEnglish.Itonlytakesaminutetosignup. Signuptojointhiscommunity Anybodycanaskaquestion Anybodycananswer Thebestanswersarevotedupandrisetothetop Home Public Questions Tags Users Unanswered Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Collaborateandshareknowledgewithaprivategroup. CreateafreeTeam WhatisTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore "sorrytointerrupt"vs."sorryforinterrupting" AskQuestion Asked 1year,7monthsago Active 7monthsago Viewed 2ktimes 1 RonaldistalkingwithAnthony.Allofasudden,Kennethrunsoverhereandsays "sorrytointerrupt,thebossjustgaveajobtoAnthonywhichisquiteurgent" or "sorryforinterrupting,..." whichoneshouldKennethsay? NgramViewershowsbotharecommon. Whatarethedifferencesbetween"sorrytokeepyouwaiting"and"sorryforkeepingyouwaiting."?givesanuanceddifferenceincontext.HowabouttheexampleofKenneth? prepositions Share Improvethisquestion Follow editedJun8'20at3:06 PutBere askedJun7'20at21:39 PutBerePutBere 65544silverbadges1616bronzebadges 3 Isthefirstquoteanactualquotationfromsomewhere?Didtheyuse"emergent"orwasit"urgent"? – AIQ Jun8'20at2:56 @AIQYou'reright,itshouldbe"urgent".Thankyou. – PutBere Jun8'20at3:07 Theseshouldhelpabit:'IhavedecidedtopurchaseajetforgettingtoNYCandbackmorequickly.',HowcanIdecidewhentouse“for”+“-ing”or“to”+infinitiveinasentence?,To+infinitiveandfor+verb-ingtoexpresspurpose – AIQ Jun8'20at3:13 Addacomment  |  0 Active Oldest Votes Youmustlogintoanswerthisquestion. Browseotherquestionstaggedprepositions. FeaturedonMeta Congratulationstothe59sitesthatjustleftBeta ProvidingaJavaScriptAPIforuserscripts Linked 10 'IhavedecidedtopurchaseajetforgettingtoNYCandbackmorequickly.' 10 HowcanIdecidewhentouse“for”+“-ing”or“to”+[infinitive]inasentence? 9 Whatarethedifferencesbetween"sorrytokeepyouwaiting"and"sorryforkeepingyouwaiting."? Related 0 Responsibleof/for? 0 preposition'for' 7 Meetingisscheduledfortomorrow.Why'for'here? 2 "Carrysomethinginforyou"or"carrysomethingforyou" 1 prepositionfor"shared" 3 "confusingXforY"vs."confusingYforX" 2 "onthehuntfor"VS"inthehuntfor" 1 Prepositionsfor“Zoo” 1 situationsfor"newforme"and"newtome" 0 Lookingforadateto/formyopeningtomorrow HotNetworkQuestions Whyarepowerrailsonbreadboardsomittingconnectionpoints? tikz:positionapicwithitsinnercoordinate Post-apocalypticstoryaboutsomesortofenergyfieldthatturnspeopleintosomekindofsouporgoo Asaninexperiencedthesissupervisor,howcanyouguaranteefairgrading? 1-monthFreeShipping...ToMars BreakthroughsinOperationsResearchsince2010 WhatmeatcanIsubstitureforlambinScothBroth? Aretherepracticalmethodsfordealingwithindecisiveplayersduringcombat? Scifibookwith57HeinzVarietiespoweredspaceship WhatexactlyisNietzsche’scriticismoftheThing-in-itselfandisitsupplantedbyhisWilltoPower? Howtorespondtothetwo-handedapproachtoswapping? ConvertingaTextintoalistofpoints Whydogenerationshipshavelargerectangularshapedportholesinsteadofroundones? Whatisthetechnicalreasonformoderngraphicscardsonlysupporting4monitors? Atwhatpointareorbitalresonancesnolonger"ordered"but"chaotic?" Encodeintegerswithsomeothers UndertheCurry-Howardcorrespondenceorloosely"proofs-as-programs",dowealsohave"programs-as-proofs"andwhatwouldsomearb.programprove? Plotconiccombination IdealUseCasesforSplines Iamnotatallabletopaintweightpaintontheplane.Notevenasingleinch SFDX:howcanIuseaGithubactionscripttodeployONLYwhatwaschangedinsteadofALLthemetadata? WhycanFacelessHavenandotherchangelingsattackifthey'reWalls? Usea'foreach'loopfordrawingastaircaseinTikZ Addingaquiztoanapplicationform morehotquestions Questionfeed SubscribetoRSS Questionfeed TosubscribetothisRSSfeed,copyandpastethisURLintoyourRSSreader. Yourprivacy Byclicking“Acceptallcookies”,youagreeStackExchangecanstorecookiesonyourdeviceanddiscloseinformationinaccordancewithourCookiePolicy. Acceptallcookies Customizesettings