People in the UK have a reputation for saying 'sorry' a lot,

so let's have a look at different ways you can use to do this.

So: - You can say 'sorry'

- you can 'be sorry'

- and you can 'apologise'.

In each case, we use the preposition 'to' with a person and 'for' to give the reason we're apologising:

'I said sorry to my friend for forgetting her birthday.'

After 'for' you can use a gerund or a noun.

But if you want a simple statement to say 'I was wrong', you can use any of these.

Careful who you say these to – 'my bad!' is very informal and you would probably only use it after making a small mistake.

'It won't happen again' is probably better in more serious situations.