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Essay Archive - Regret or Apology?
Regret or Apology?
When does saying you're sorry go from an expression of regret to an
apology? The sad thing about this is that some people don't know the
difference. Deborah Tannen, a professor at Georgetown University, reports:
"The First Lady… 'I regret very much that the efforts on
health care were badly misunderstood, taken out of context,
and used politically against the Administration. I take
responsibility for that, and I'm very sorry for that' she said.
The first part of the quote clearly indicates that the fault was
not with her actions... but rather with the way the....
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