I'm rushing, I'm late or I've late

[Rosario]

Hello all,
Which sentence is correct?

1. This morning I’m not having breakfast because I’m rushing to the office.
2. This morning I’m not having breakfast because I'm late to the office.
3. I have late to the office

[Tung a]

It should be the first one because in the second it should be "late for" and the third "late is an adj" , you can't use "have"

[Rosario]

Thanks Tung a.

[Alan]

Hi Rosario,

You could also say: 'because I'm late for the office.'

Alan
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[Azhdar]

in my Idea it should be 2. This morning I’m not having breakfast because I'm late to the office.

[Rosario]

Thanks to Alan and Azhdar,

Sorry Azhdar, I prefer to the Tung a and Alan answers that should be “ late for”.

[Be.emily]

Could any one explain: Why you can use "I am not having breakfast" in this sentence please? Cos I thought you must say "This morning I didnt have breakfast because I was late for/to the office"

Thank you very much

Emily - newcomer

[Rosario]

It’s a Present continuous form=am/is/are + verb + ing (something is happening NOW).

Any differents idea?

[Azhdar]

[Pateldhara]

i'm late

[Mahira]

Hi, everybody! I think the second sentence is correct, the present continuous in first part is to express the future action, and the cause of this action is that I am late now.

[Rejidaniel03]

Hi Be Emily,

Somebody is getting ready to go office and that time he/she can say, 'this morning I am not having/taking breakfast because I am late for office. So this is presnt continuous from.

You are also correct, I did not have/take breakfast this morning because I was late for office. This is simple past form.

Thanks,

Reji

[Rosario]

Hi all,
Thanks for your post, I've learned more from you all.

Hi Azhdar, we're here to improve our English skill.

Regards

[Berlinder]

1. This morning I’m not having breakfast because I have hurry-up to the office.
1. This morning I’m not going to take breakfast because I must rush-up to the office.
2. This morning I’m not having breakfast because it is already late to go to the office.
3. It is late to (go to) the office

[Milanya]