It is Pilrig Street’s very own ‘eats, shoots and leaves’ moment.
The thoroughly respectable and attractive guesthouse pictured right has only one flaw – the courteous and informative sign in its window.
The online Oxford English Dictionary defines 'sorry' as follows:
adjective (sorrier, sorriest)
- 1 [predic.] feeling sad or distressed through sympathy with someone else’s misfortune:I was sorry to hear about what happened to your family
- (sorry for) filled with compassion for:I felt sorry for the poor boys working for him
- 2 [predic.] feeling regret or penitence:he said he was sorry he had upset meI’m sorry if I was a bit brusque
- used to express apology:sorry—I was trying not to make a noise
- used as a polite request that someone should repeat something that one has failed to hear or understand:I’m sorry—you were saying?
- 3 [attributive] in a poor or pitiful state:he looks a sorry sight with his broken jaw
- unpleasant and regrettable, especially on account of incompetence or misbehaviour:we feel so ashamed that we keep quiet about the whole sorry business
What a difference a (missing) hyphen makes.