I apologies for the late response, as I took a few days......

[theol]

I am trying to email back to my professor. I am trying to say sorry for in getting back to him late and explain the reason for emailing him back late.


"I apologies for the late response, as I took a few days to gather my thoughts before writing the summary and the main points for the recommendation.


Does that make sense?
Does that sound formal and polite?
Is there a better way to write it?
[FONT=Verdana, Segoe UI, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Fira Sans, Droid Sans, sans-serif]Thanks.[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Segoe UI, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Fira Sans, Droid Sans, sans-serif]I have posted the same question in another forum [/FONT]https://forum.wordreference.com/thr...e-late-response-as-i-took-a-few-days.3760876/[FONT=Verdana, Segoe UI, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Fira Sans, Droid Sans, sans-serif], but they are not allowed to proofread or suggest corrections so I posted this question here.[/FONT]

 

[Tarheel]

I am trying to email back to my professor. I am trying to say sorry for [STRIKE]in[/STRIKE] getting back to him late and explain the reason for emailing him back late.


"I apologize for the late response, as I took a few days to gather my thoughts before writing the summary and the main points for the recommendation.


Does that make sense?
Does that sound formal and polite?
Is there a better way to write it?
[FONT=Verdana, Segoe UI, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Fira Sans, Droid Sans, sans-serif][STRIKE]Thanks[/STRIKE].[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Segoe UI, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Fira Sans, Droid Sans, sans-serif]I have posted the same question in another forum [/FONT]https://forum.wordreference.com/thr...e-late-response-as-i-took-a-few-days.3760876/[FONT=Verdana, Segoe UI, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, Fira Sans, Droid Sans, sans-serif], but they are not allowed to proofread or suggest corrections so I posted this question here.[/FONT]

It's OK.

 

[GoesStation]

I believe the British spelling is "apologise". You should use that if you're using British English.

 

[emsr2d2]

You can choose either "apologize" or "apologise", depending on whether you're concentrating on AmE or BrE. The word you can't use is "apologies" - that's a plural noun, not a verb.