Communication
be running late
be delayed
You are delayed and expect to arrive later than planned.
Hear it in real life
Are you nearly here?
I'm running late, but I'll be there in ten minutes.
I'm running late, so please start without me.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I'm running lately.
Say: I'm running late.
Use the adjective 'late,' not the adverb 'lately,' which means recently.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
I'm running late; we were running late
Your turn: say it out loud
I'm running late, so please start without me.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
be running late
be delayed
“I'm running late, so please start without me.”
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