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In today's USA today, the following sentence appeared:

Delta later emailed the flight’s customers with an apology, according to the Aviation Herald.

What is the with doing in that sentence? I'm assuming this is a typo. I would write the sentence without with. Am I missing something here?

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  • Typos don't usually include an extra four letter word. It sounds fine to me.
    – Matt Samuel
    Commented Feb 2, 2016 at 1:59
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    No, it's not extra; it sounds fine. One presents someone with something. He presented her with the medal of honor. But it is somewhat optional.
    – anongoodnurse
    Commented Feb 2, 2016 at 2:05
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    From the airline's standpoint, "emailed ... with" sounds a bit more formal and polite. The line may have been (indirectly) copied from the airline's press release or some such.
    – Hot Licks
    Commented Feb 2, 2016 at 2:23
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    @HotLicks the day I take writing lessons from an airline is the day I...
    – michael_timofeev
    Commented Feb 2, 2016 at 2:25
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    I think it means, Delta emailed them and inside the email there was an apology. If it was just; emailed an apology, I would assume that the whole email was an apology. But from that sentence I understand that there was some other content together with an apology in the email.
    – Grizzly
    Commented Feb 2, 2016 at 3:46

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I interpret it as, Delta emailed them and inside the email there was an apology. If it was just; emailed an apology, I would assume that the whole email was an apology. But from that sentence I understand that there was some other content together with an apology in the email.

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