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missdaredevil
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 Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2005 5:33 pm Post subject: on someone's behalf |
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My sister wrote to a person and accidentally miswrote the time of her arrival in Canada.
When I received the person's strange response, I checked the email that my sister wrote to her.
In order to clear up the confusion, I want to say "Sorry" for my sister.
Can I write "I'm sorry on my sister's behalf"?
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Bob S.
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| Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 9:02 am Post subject: Re: on someone's behalf |
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| missdaredevil wrote: |
My sister wrote to a person and accidentally miswrote the time of her arrival...
In order to clear up the confusion, I want to say "Sorry" for my sister.
Can I write "I'm sorry on my sister's behalf"? |
Yes, that will work. Though often in formal polite English you will see the "on behalf" part first. So to step it up a few levels of politeness, you can say:
"On behalf of my sister, I wish to apologize for the error." or something like that. |
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