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The secretary apologized to the prime minister ________ late to the meeting.

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Answer:for being

Step-by-step explanation:

The word being can be used In a present or past continuous tense, it shows that a particular event is happening now, or was happening before, in a continual manner.

Examples

Apologized for being late

He is being nice.

She was being bad.

You are being good.

They were being mean.

I am being patient.

Being can also be used as a gerund, that is, words that acts like a noun and looks like a verb.

Do you like being a student? ("like" is the verb, "being" is a noun")

Being a teacher is fun. ("is" is the verb, "being" is the subject)

I enjoy being nice to people. ("enjoy" is the verb, "being" is the object described as nice)

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The secretary apologized to the prime minister to being late to the meeting.

The sentence is set to increase the knowledge of English grammar for students, although in English Grammar (Structure of the word, phrases and sentences) there are historical, cultural and regional differences.
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