What is the difference between forgiveness and apology? Why is saying the phrase “sorry” more difficult than saying “sorry”? It would seem that the meaning of these words is exactly the same. And the only difference is in the spelling and brevity of the word. And if we understand how to write the word "sorry" or "sorry", then with the correct way - "I apologize" or "forgiveness" - not really. So let's deal with the difference between the words, and with the spelling.
How are words different?
What is easier for us to say - "sorry" or "sorry"? The first option is still better. And the point is not that this word is faster and easier to pronounce. It is more modern, in comparison with the "analog". Indeed, today, rarely does anyone say "I'm sorry." This is not fashionable.
Meanwhile, following such a fashion allows the substitution of concepts. Someone will be indignant and say: what kind of nonsense? What are such substitutions? Everything is simple. When we apologize, we admit our guilt and want to free ourselves from it. That is, we ask for release from guilt with such a simple phrase.
If we apologize, then we hide self-justification under this word. We do not admit guilt, we justify ourselves, and we say the word “sorry” only for the sake of appearance. By the way, how to write - “I apologize” or “I apologize”? We will definitely talk about this, only in the following subsections. In the meantime, back to what we were talking about.
It would seem that the word "sorry" does not bear any negative connotation. Then the question arises: why, for example, does Forgiveness Sunday exist in the temple? Not excusable, but just forgiven? Yes, and in classical literature they usually write "he asked for forgiveness," and not "he apologized." Do you understand the idea?
Back to writing
"I apologize" or "forgiveness" - how will we write? Let's remember the cases. They taught a long time ago, in the fifth grade, probably. We will not list the names, because hardly anyone could forget them. We need two cases: genitive and accusative. What is more correct: I ask what or I ask what?
And then there is a dead end. I ask what? Forgiveness. Is it logical? Quite to myself. We will say and write "I beg your pardon." But will this be true according to the spelling? Does anyone remember managing a verb? If not, now let’s remember - it’s not a problem.
Verb Management
"I'm sorry" or "forgiveness"? As we found out above - forgiveness. But is it? The verb “ask” works with two cases: accusative and genitive. This is good, of course, but what should we do? Which one do we need? Let us turn to the good old rules of the Russian language. What are they talking about? That if a verb has a specific noun in the company, then they will be attributed an accusative case.
And what is our noun? Distracted. Such nouns include those that define various abstract phenomena and emotions. For example, beauty, cold, forgiveness. If the verb "ask" is used with an abstract noun, then the case is genitive. So we answered the interesting question: “I apologize” or “forgiveness”.
Summarize
What is the purpose of this article? Tell the reader how to spell and say “I'm sorry” or “forgiveness”. In addition, the difference between apology and forgiveness was explained.
The main aspects of the article:
- When we ask for forgiveness, we confess our guilt and repent of our deeds. When we apologize, we try to make excuses, we hope that they will understand and regret us. We accidentally did something bad, without a second thought.
- Why do we write forgiveness? Because "forgiveness" is an abstract noun. The verb “ask” paired with an abstract noun governs the genitive case.
Conclusion
The main goal is achieved, the reader received the information. Now we know that it will be correct to write "I'm sorry." We also know the difference between the words “sorry” and “I apologize”.