Angliholic  +  561455 Tue, 02 Sep 08 12:31 PM I will buy you a new watch as a replacement. Maybe it won't be as valuable as the one you lent me. So I still pray for your pardon. Hi, Does the bolded sentence in the above sound good in the context? Is it better to rewrite it as "So I still beg your pardon?" Angliholic Joined on Wed, Feb 14 2007 SomewhereinFormosa Veteran Member 6,474 Without true love, life is meaningless and worthless since our physical world is nothing but a dream. ~~Angliholic~~簡瑞達

	Mister Micawber  +  561518 Tue, 02 Sep 08 02:25 PM . The original is overly apologetic and does not match the register of a sentence about a lost watch.  I beg your pardon is just wrong here.  I suggest: I'll buy you a new watch as a replacement, though I can't afford one as valuable as the one you lent me. But  I still hope you'll forgive me. Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,788 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.'