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perfect infinitive: I am sorry for having disturbed you



 
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Appear vs Look | usage of "challenge"
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perfect infinitive: I am sorry for having disturbed you Sun Mar 30, 2008 16:31 pm  perfect infinitive: I am sorry for having disturbed you		  
Hi,
can somebody explain this sentence?

"i am sorry for having disturbed you"

or
can we say? "i am sorry for disturbing you"

Thanks
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perfect infinitive: I am sorry for having disturbed you Mon Mar 31, 2008 2:13 am  perfect infinitive: I am sorry for having disturbed you		  
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The first indicates that the disturbance is in the past; in the second, the disturbance is happening now.
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