How to spell sorry

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What it means: Feeling regret or sorrow for something done.

In a sentence: I'm sorry I broke your toy, can we fix it together?

The part people get wrong

Watch for double r, and an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear. Often misspelled as sory or sarry.

Same family: sorrow, sorrowful, apology, regret, apologize. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Sorry” comes from Old English *sār*, meaning “sore” or “painful.” Over time, the word shifted from describing physical pain to expressing emotional regret or sadness for something unfortunate.

Patterns it uses: Double the consonant before a suffix? · The unstressed vowel (schwa)

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