We all say, “I’m sorry,” far more often than we should. In fact, I do it all the time — even when I did nothing wrong. I usually say those words because I feel bad that something happened to someone I ...

Deeply flawed as we all are, there are infinite mistakes large and small left in our wake. Well-raised as I like to think that most of us were, we are keen to make amends for these transgressions.

Saying “sorry” is easy. It’s just one word, two syllables. You can say it faster than you can sneeze. Meaning it, however, is a lot harder. According to research commissioned by the language-learning ...