Pardon me saying it.

[diamondcutter]

Pardon me saying it.

Source: English Grammar, Baobing, Kaiming Press

This is a sample sentence in that book, but I haven’t found any similar sentences in dictionaries. The sentences I’ve read are like these:

Pardon me for interrupting you.
Pardon my asking, but is that your husband?

I’d like to know if the sample sentence is correct.

 

[tzfujimino]

I don't know if the utterance is natural, but it's grammatical:

pardon verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com

Definition of pardon verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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It says "pardon somebody/sb's doing something"

 

[jutfrank]

No, it isn't correct. You apparently mean Pardon me for saying it or Pardon my saying it.

 

[tzfujimino]

Is "Pardon me saying it" ungrammatical?

 

[5jj]

I wouldn't say so.