pardon the noise while

[navi tasan]

1) Pardon the noise while we are renovating the store.

Does 'while we are renovating the store' postmodify 'noise'?

Does '1 correspond to:
1a) While we are renovating the store, pardon the noise.
or to:
1b) Pardon the noise that exists while we are renovating the store.

Gratefully,
Navi.

 

[MikeNewYork]

I don't find much difference between 1a and 1b.

 

[Tdol]

I would use 1b, though, because it gets the apology in first.

 

[Boris Tatarenko]

Do they really sound natural? I don't frequently come across the word "pardon" except for the phrase "beg you pardon".

 

[Eckaslike]

I would naturally use:

"Would you please pardon the noise while we are renovating the store."

Or end with "renovate the store." but without the "are".

 

[Rover_KE]

Do they really sound natural? I don't frequently come across the word "pardon" except for the phrase "I beg your pardon".

Yes, Boris—they're natural enough.

 

[emsr2d2]

There is nothing wrong with "pardon" in this context although, in BrE, "Please excuse the noise ..." would be more common.