Timeline for Does it sound idiomatic to say "Regretfully, I won't have the privilege of being with you that day, but I do wish you all good luck."
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| Jul 2, 2020 at 7:29 | vote | accept | CommunityBot | ||
| Jun 29, 2020 at 22:16 | comment | added | Isabel Archer | You say, very simply, "I'm sorry I can't be with you (or won't have the privilege, etc.)." I also like @RobJarvis' suggestion. | |
| Jun 27, 2020 at 19:32 | answer | added | Sophie Swett | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 26, 2020 at 12:40 | comment | added | RobJarvis | Informally, you could say, "Unfortunately, I can't be with you then, but I wish you well." | |
| Jun 26, 2020 at 9:51 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jun 26, 2020 at 9:08 | comment | added | Bruce Murray | The sentence in the title works fine. If are trying to match luck or fortune, you can use unfortunate in place of bad luck: "It is unfortunate that I won't have the privilege (or honour) of being with you on that day, but I wish you all good luck." | |
| Jun 26, 2020 at 8:29 | history | edited | user323595 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 26, 2020 at 8:18 | history | asked | user323595 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |