Stop saying 'I'm sorry...' - say THIS instead - 17 more advanced alternative phrases (STORY LESSON)
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'I'm sorry' is overused, boring and can make you seem weak - improve your spoken English with these 17 alternative phrases for 'I think'. 📊 *FIND OUT YOUR ENGLISH LEVEL!* _Take my level test here_ 👉🏼 bit.ly/EnglishLevelTest12 👩🏼🏫 *JOIN MY ONLINE ENGLISH COURSES:* englishwithlucy.teachable.com/courses - _We have launched our B1 and B2 Complete English Programmes!_
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Funny, entertaining and informative - all in one!
Oops, is there a spelling error in the description of the video? "'I'm sorry' is overused, boring and can make you seem week.."
For "week" should be "weak", shouldn't it? :-)
Quite funny examples, by the way... :-b "headlock", "conga line" "cleaning dip", "dragging someone by their tie" etc - seems like you have been partying really hard in Spain, oh well... :-)
Thanks for all your progress
Really enjoyed..maam
Super useful. :)
1. I owe you an apology…
2. I take full responsibility for my actions … (Very formal)
3. It was wrong of me/ It was wrong on my part …
4. I am so/very/so very sorry
5. I am ever so sorry
6. I’m terribly/awfully sorry …
7. It was thoughtless/careless of me to
8. I sincerely apologize for … (written formal)
9. I hope you can forgive me …
10. I hope I can be forgiven …
11. I didn’t mean to …
12. I shouldn’t have … to …
13. I deeply regret …
14. I really messed up (I made a huge mistake)
15. I was in the wrong …
16. I really hope you can find it within you to … (ask for forgiveness)
17. It won’t happen again.
Im heartfelt sorry, THIS is another way
Cheers!
It all sounds less honest than the simple and straightforward “I’m sorry”.
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Thank dear
@@sadiyaakter8536 sadiya this a bit personal but do u have a religion if so ehich one
"I owe you an apology" is the only way to apologize without actually even apologizing :)
Around here they say things like "I'm sorry that you feel that way...." and non-apologetic apologies like that.
@@nodakjak Haha, that is a good one. In other words, the person saying this is not sorry for what he did. He is just sorry that I feel bad about it - which again sounds more like an accusation than an apology ^^
Well, a very formal way in Germany to say that you are sorry is "Ich bin untröstlich" which literally means "I am inconsolable" which is quite the opposite of your example.
lol so true
@@nodakjak and a huge "but" is coming up...
How is that not apologizing?
Absolutely adding something in I'm sorry is more impressive.
I have learnt a plethora of alternatives to say/write what i feel sorry for . This is lovely Lucy. Blessings . I will be an evangelist for your adoreable Channel, videos as well .
I was laughing my head off imagining how things were going.
Love the story and indeed appreciate your writing and definitely teaching skills!!!!
Lucy, you’re the best!
I absolutely love the stories! I learn so much more than only the subject of the video. Thank you ❤️
Myself and my sister from India are regular viewers of your uploads. Your way of presentation is very dynamic and smart. I really am a great fan of you Lucy. Your uploads have substantially ameliorated my English and alleviated my fears of communicating in English. Thank you Lucy Bella Earl. Thank you very much
Brilliant lesson Lucy. I tire of people apologizing when not necessary. And the alternatives are very useful. I will begin using em myself.
I like the way that Lucy says “even further”! Even further for everyone 🙂😁
Is it only me who finds her so beautiful? And her lips are just gorgeous.😍❤
She is gorgeous
@Natasha Reif beauty lies in the eyes of beholder.😁
Natasha Reif different people different choice. Russian women are beautiful; agreed. But the beauty of English women are absolutely catching.
Yeah she's gorgeous.
@Natasha Reif What one person thinks is attractive is often completely different than what someone else thinks. Also, maybe the people of moscow are pretty but she isn't less that anyone. At least for me.😁 thanks and have a good day ahead.
Lucy you are the reason why I love English so much because you have explored the beauty behind English language.
Greetings to me.. i am indonesian.. i am so grateful, thanks to you lucy ,, i am better able to understand english 🙏🙂
This video has helped me a lot today . Hey lucy!!Love from India..
it's not only "alternatives" but getting more practical and useful in different situations
Hello. I just wanted to tell you how much I love your videos. I'm actually a native English speaker from the United States, but I watch your videos because they're hilarious. Also, it's really interesting to learn about the differences between the way we speak here in the US and the way you speak in the UK.
My goodness that's one awesome story! Lucy you're the best, your fiancee is the luckiest
"I let my hair down/I'll let my hair down" would be so funny if a bald person use it.😁😄
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
That would be quite smooth of them 😂
Yeah, write haaaaaaa
😂😂
Lucy, you are doing great! I keep showing my videos to my students of English and they love it. Thanks a lot.
Hey Lucy! I’m from Austria and your Channel is such a Inspiration for me to reach my goal and speak English fluently! I’m thinking about attending a language school in London or Cambridge to study for the FCE exam, but there are so many to choose from. (can’t decide lol) Since you are from there I thought maybe you can recommend one. If I’m lucky and you see this, thank you so so much!!☺️
Excellent content as always Lucy. You are simply Amazing!
TheLizardKing1967 Absolutely right❤️
*Helpful as always! I love working on my English and I like seeing results ) My mother tongue is Russian but I decided to start my CZcams channel in English and it helps me a lot, I’m more confident about my English now )) I’m still improving it and I always like learning new things. Thank you!*
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Privyet
DownThyme Здравствуйте! Как дела?
@@dr.berniceopoku-donkor9038 привет , как дела?
This woman is a genius!
You really have put dynamic efforts into the making of this brilliant video. These alternatives are really sweet as nuts. Surely gonna try them♥️
I’m from Ukraine, and I just start to watch your videos and they are wonderful, interesting. Thank you very much 💞
Also you are very pretty ☺️
Sofiko i am happy because i was understand your Word
Вау, радий бачити тут рідну душу)
Asking a Canadian to stop saying "I'm sorry" is like asking us to stop breathing air lol
Another great lesson. Thank you Lucy :)
Canadian have had to live for years as neighbours beside 'rah rah rah, *beats chest*'
Dark Dave hell yeah your damm right we can't stop saying sorry!
Honestly the same for us Brits!!
Ha! I came looking for this comment. Fellow Canadian here. 😉
@@aegrant100 👌
It would be really helpful if you could "sumarise" / repeat those alternatives once again at the end of the episode. It would help to memorise them better. I will be grateful for taking it to the considiration. I adore your videos 😁.
You eyes look like you have had a good cry or recovering from a hangover and I sincerely hope all your examples are simply, examples.
Too much love, from Ghana.
Hi lucy ! My name is hussein i'm Somali. Really admired how you always teach us of this language unenviously . May God bless you and your family. Love from Mugadishu.
You guys have internet?
@@RizZaTV lol xD
Why not bro ?
@@justforfun7773 you have a brutal civil war? Just one of the bad things in your country
@@RizZaTV i really don't appreciate to look down someone like you or better than you 🤔do u have internet!! what a stupid statement . You only believes myths so Tell your self truth and don't talk without testimonies .
You great teacher Lucy amd l love you my teacher 😇😇😇❤❤❤
Not that great if this kind of spelling use to be your english skills lmao
Really you are amazing teacher i have ever met in youtube. in all my honesty i owe you so much thing which you have learnt to me.thank you dear teacher best sincere
Thank you Lucy, you are so useful!
"Please" is extremely overused ,do we have alternatives "Please" 😊?
or kindly
@@nafrazisha9621 Would you mind!
It would be great if Lucy could make another episode about it. I hope she doesn’t mind.
I would greatly appreciate if you could do this or that.
Kindly
I like how some of the things Lucy is apologising for are so damn specific
I love the way the examples tell a story
I enjoy the lessons as well as your sense of humour, Lucy. Thank you
One day a Christmas party was organised by Lucy’s CEO, and everyone in the office was invited. At first Lucy had decided not to go, but she stopped by on the way home from the pub. She had totally let her hair down that night! There she got drunk (this is not me hating on her) and made fun of the receptionist’s dress. She said, “That dress you’re wearing, you like a marshmallow.” She was now discussing at the top of her voice how low their salaries were “Overworked and underpaid.”, she said. Amy (my name for the CEO) was now going to deliver a sensational speech, then suddenly Lucy burst into a conga and everyone was shocked to see that. She raised her voice and said, “Hey lady, this isn’t the oscars, get a move on.” Everybody gasped and looked at Lucy in disgust and surprise. It was horrendous actually. Eventually, the speech and ended. A coworker of Lucy was in the middle of a chat with the CEO’s husband. When
Lucy burst out saying in a childish tone, “You have a fat tummy, you’re fat. Fatty, fatty.” Amy was on the verge of firing Lucy. Lucy hadn’t stopped there. After that, she pulled Paul (my name for the CEO’s husband) from his tie and dragged him on the dance floor. While getting her food from the buffet, she dropped an entire bowl of sour cream dish on his trousers. She tried to clean the dip too! She told Amy to back off and find her own man, when Amy came to help. Lucy was outraged and tried to start a fistfight with Amy. She caught her in a headlock!! Amy filed assault charges against her. At last Lucy apologised and got her job back.
The end. This took a while to write.
Hilarious . I hope that wasn't a true story.
Thanks for your effort.
I liked how you creatively linked all this together, I'm sure it did take a while. Therefore proofreading is most important: When I read through this some words were incorrectly used or were missing ... consequently the sentence didn't make sense. What I like to do is (old school method) write something out on paper in pencil, for ease of editing. It's also good to leave it a while ... then come back to read it again with what I call "refreshed eyes".
"I take full responsibility for my actions."
"You do? Good. Here's my lawyer's number, please contact him in the morning, I want full compensatory renumeration."
remuneration, you mean
Hajshsheg
@@thetrueukrainian income
@@thetrueukrainian I make the same mistake all the time in my language (we use almost the same word: "rémunération").
DAANNNG, man...😂
Reading books while listening to audio at the same time,
Best tip ever
Thank you so much miss.
I have worked out why I cant concentrate on what you are saying, you are so good at speaking to camera and so expressive it seems like you are actually talking to me ( or the person at the other end of the lense) bravo well done as far as audible goes it just doesnt work for myself, the characterisation in my head differs from the way others read it and as far as that second one goes, yep more times than I can physically apologise for but after a while it becomes a norm lol.
Among all youtubers teaching English, you have the best and interesting examples. Just listening to you makes my day! Thank you.
Hi Lucy, your examples are hilarious. Have a great day.
Stop saying "have a great day "
Take care , get to go, etc
I cried laughing at your hidden story. (I do hope it wasn't a true story, Lucy!)
I can imagine Lucy putting someone in a headlock
I just love this type of lessons when you tell a story of some sort 😍😍😍😍
Love you lucy ❤️
You're quite elegant when it comes to teaching you remind me of my legend professors of ACCA... (they all were storytellers.. lolz)
I feel “I’m sorry” is more direct than “I owe an apology”. But I like number 2 best!
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Honestly , I wanna learn american accent , but I can't prevent myself to watch your fascinating videos , I have benefited from alot of things such as alternatives phrases and tips , strategies to evolve my english fluency , I'm very grateful for you🙏🙏🇮🇶
Hi..Lucy Ma'am
This is Wajiha and I regularly attend your lecture on CZcams
Well.Your lectures are really helpful and your voice is so sweet...Actually I am quite confused with active and passive voice so I want you to make a video regarding this..
Lots of Love from Pakistan
Regards ❤️❤️❤️
When my husband annoys me, I get irritated with his apology of “I apologise”; I want to hear him say the S word. I want to hear him say “I am sorry”. Rather than describing a scenario in which you say sorry, how about actually just saying it!
I think this video is more about formal situations rather than in informal intimate relationships.
FIRST:D
Second 😘
Third😄😄
Third ❤
19th
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Thank you so much for teaching us those supportive foreign ways how to apologize 😊
Fascinating video as usual ❤ But to cut a long story short , we've got to avoid making mistakes as much as possible to avoid remembering this huge amount of ways to just say "Sorry" ..😁
4:58 haven't we learned in one of your lessons NOT to use "very" 😁 love the video anyway. Even if i still don't know why i watch this, i speak English 😁😁😁
Same here. I just come to admire her beauty for 12 minutes.
@@piruz3243 so I'm not the only one 😁😁😁
@@RizZaTV
No. Judging by the perfect English of most of the comments, looks like we are at the back of the lineup.
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STOP SAYING "IM SORRY".
ME: I LOVE YOU LUCY
Congratulation lucy !
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Miss I'm in love with your story concept
You Sincerely Lucy,we appreciate the lesson,what a terrific teacher we have....hope the word terrific suit in there
You might end up saying "I'm sorry" after using some of them..you know right?
Yah
3:27 that's the most reluctant way of apologizing I've ever seen 😂
لبناني من لبنان
"I sincerely apologise" such a very useful word and better way to say sorry .video loved it..
Thanks Lucy, for the ENGLISH lessons 😊.
I owe you an apology for what happened at my friend’s birthday party
Please, don't say "I take full responsability for my actions." and say "I'm sorry." instead.
Why not?
@@filizyuksel5771 Ugly unnatural commonplace. Makes you sound like a lying politician.
@@G315HA i agree with you!
@@G315HA ok sir
Luсiеn Lе GuеIIес How so? I mean it is a bit more formal, but "i'm sorry" lost all meaning to me so I'm biased
Best lesson so far! Hillarious and brilliant!
I like becoming a sophisticated English speaker with Lucy.
You started the examples with:
Dear CEO, I owe you an apology for what happened at the Christmas party.
And you ended the apologize with
I really promise it won't happen again so can I have my job back hahaha
Very smart Lady.
Ooow,, you're a keen learner
Hey, just wanna let you know. I think you wrote the word "week" instead of "weak" in your description. ;-)
Whoops!!! Thank you!
@Beirut I think that she has written the correct one...
@@cienjoon it was corrected later
Hey my English teacher, what happened to you???
You have my gratitude for disclosing such interesting phrases .
Lucy, Thank you a lot. I've had many skills from your videos.
I said 5times sorry to a person before clicking this video😂😂
I'm sorry you went through that
Oh damn!
@@EnglishwithLucy 😂Ow sister
❤ From 🇧🇩
Me too.where are you from.
@@shamsularfin8827 Dhaka
which class you are now????? By the way I am from Mymensingh ..........
@@shamsularfin8827 Hon's 3rd year. You?
Class 10......... I am srabon not Samsul arfin he is my brother....
Thanks a million Teacher Lucy.
Thank you soo much for this video and some new vocabulary! Very useful!
Me ( being a lucy subscriber ) listening to someone say sorry :
"So you have chosen... Death."
English is an alien and a second language for most of the people living in different parts of the world. It makes no difference that one can write or speak it properly or not. Language is merely a source of communication. It's not a source of honor or pride. Those who still believe that the English language is a source of pride are living in the days of slavery (colonialism). Western colonialism is the darkest phase of human history. There is not a single European country in which the History of colonialism is taught as a subject. Even in the British syllabus there is no mention of colonialism. English is merely a language like any other language but its international status compels the people world over to read, write, speak and understand it. Every language is highly respectable and esteemed. Even an African or Amazonian tribal language is highly respectable although just a few illiterate tribal people are speaking it living far and away from the civilized world. The most important factor of a language is that those who are speaking it, should feel comfort and ease at the time of communication. People should learn English as an international language not as a matter of pride. French Prime Minister Clemenceau in 1904 said that "English is a badly pronounced French." English is terribly influenced by the French.
I couldn't disagree more.
@@3Jackblack : Thanks for your kind words. I am grateful.
Aleem Pervez i totally agree with you sir
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@@3Jackblack : Thanks for kind words and appreciation.
Thank you our beautiful teacher Miss Earl.
Thank you Lucy I have learnt something new this day...
I love yt a lot cause I can see here no views but 26 likes hahahaaahhah😂😂😂😂
: I feel sorry for you
Lucy: So you have chosen death
Thank you so much for teaching me all these.I learned a lot.
Hello Lucy ...How have you been ?
Your Lectures Enhance My English , Your Voice that's incredible , Every single Classes increase my Knowledge and English Vocabulary. Always i loves to listen your Massive and Informative Clips.
Heartfelt Thanks To You ...My Most Respected English Teacher.
And I expecting a clip with ur family and about ur personal Life , passion. 💜💫👍
The most important thing is never to say "I'm sorry, but..." That is a horrible weasel expression.
Hahaha true. And especially if you say: but he started it (pretty childish tho)
I always enjoy your videos, hun! Great job 👏🏾👏🏾
Hello Bella!!! Thanks alot for the video & taking time to produce it. It was really very helpful... Really appreciate it...
I am the most talented student in my class!!!!
Because of you. THANKS. ...😊😊
Thank you for the phrases used. Part of it was forgotten after school days.
Thank you Lucy. The example sentences are really funny and get me more able to remember😀 i am going to watch the should have could have would have video🤗
Thank you Lucy. As usual you make the difference for me 👍
Lucy you are just to wonderful .. thank you for share video and helping us...
I am so very sorry for not focusing on your lesson, but on your beautiful makeup. Wow, girls really know how to make themselves look gorgeous
From ur videos I dont learn only some thing but a lot of things .and thank for all ur efforts really it is admirable.
I am in seventh heaven after taking part in the clz of Lusy I would say that she is great in teaching English and I was mesmerized and facinated and I have been fortune enough to listen to her thanks a lot what you have been to us May the Deo Omnipothenthi bless you with his Amor and pacies
Extraordinary teacher you are on IMO
Thank you so much, for the lesson.... You are so amazing 💕💕💕
I am really happy hearing you repeat these expressions twice!
If my grammar is wrong please correct 😊
Thank you very much Madam Lucy!
It's brilliant! Really funny! Thanks Lucy! I adore your lessons!
Lucy you're doing so great... thank you
You are an amazing teacher !
Thank you so much
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Thanks Lucy, very helpful