Sorry to have done sth

[AlexAD]

Hello.

A fellow colleague once said, 'Sorry to have assigned that issue to you' which confuses me a little as I am used to these forms 'Sorry for doing sth' or 'Sorry that I did sth'. Is that correct English?

By the way, when I see the second option it is often not easy to me to find out which tense is used, i.e.
'Sorry for doing that' could mean 'Sorry that I did that' or 'Sorry that I am doing that', etc...

If you could, please correct any mistakes you might find in the post.

Thank you very much.
Alex.

 

[Verona_82]

Hi Alex,

While you're waiting for a reply from a native speaker, I'll quote from "Practical English Usage":
Sorry for/about + ing is used to refer to past things one regrets. (that-clauses are also very common in an informal style).
Sorry+ perfect infinitive (more formal) can be used with the same meaning.
I'm sorry to have woken you up = I'm sorry that I woke you up.
Sorry+ infinitive is used to apologise for current situations - things that one is doing or going to do, or that one has just done.

 

[AlexAD]

Hi, Verona.

Thank you for your answer, I think it will suffice. :up:

 

[CarloSsS]

Practical English Usage from Michael Swan published by Oxford is one of the best grammar books there are. It's like a learner's dictionary, except it's focused on grammar.