The "sorry" you must not use.

Friday, January15, 2016 When you visit someone who has just lost a dear one or you meet any bereaved person at all, what do you mean when you say: "I'm sorry about what has happened to you"? Excuse me, a native speaker of English takes the word "sorry" as an apology for a wrong doing. That means every time you say "sorry" to a bereaved person, it is implied or inferred that you have a hand in the sorrow/pain of that person. CAUTION: Simply put it this way: "I sympathise with you", "I feel for you"; "I share in your pains", and so on. I should only be sorry for what I am guilty of. Don't you get? Is that understood?