# Speaking Patterns — Mistakes

# === Admitting a mistake ===
1|admit|I'm sorry, {I made a mistake|I was wrong|that was my fault|I messed up}.
2|admit|I {shouldn't have|didn't mean to|wish I hadn't|wasn't thinking when I} {said that|forgot|missed it|made that call}.
3|admit|My bad — {I forgot|I got the date wrong|I sent it to the wrong person|I misread}.

# === Explaining ===
4|explain|I {got confused|misunderstood|misread|didn't realize} {the instructions|the deadline|what you meant|how it worked}.
5|explain|I think I {sent the wrong file|copied the wrong person|made a typo|miscalculated}.
6|explain|I didn't mean to {offend anyone|cause trouble|miss the deadline|drop the ball}.

# === Fixing it ===
7|fix|I'll {fix it right away|send a corrected version|let everyone know|reach out and apologize|do it over}.
8|fix|Let me {redo it|correct that|make it right|send the updated version|fix this immediately}.
9|fix|How can I {make this right|correct this|fix it|make it up to you}?

# === Accepting / forgiving ===
10|accept|{No worries|It's okay|Don't worry about it|These things happen|We all make mistakes}.
11|accept|Just {be more careful next time|double-check before sending|let me know earlier|learn from it}.

# === Learning from it ===
12|learn|I learned {a lot from this|my lesson|to be more careful|to ask first}.
