Emotions & feelings
feel sorry for someone
feel sympathy for someone
To feel sympathy or pity because someone is suffering or having a difficult experience.
Hear it in real life
Did Maya lose her job?
Yes, I feel sorry for her.
I feel sorry for people who have to work outside in this weather.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I feel sorry about him.
Say: I feel sorry for him.
Use “sorry for someone” to express sympathy for that person; “sorry about” normally refers to a situation or event.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
feel sorry for someone; felt sorry for them; feel sorry for anyone who
Your turn: say it out loud
I feel sorry for people who have to work outside in this weather.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
feel sorry for someone
feel sympathy for someone
“I feel sorry for people who have to work outside in this weather.”
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