Thread: Sorry for lateness

Ah, I see. I'd say "Извините за задержку (с домашним заданием)". "...за опоздание" can work in theory here, but that word is kind of most readily associated with arriving late somehwere, so I strongly suggest that you refrain from using this word here.

P.S. I should have probably made this one out but to convey this idea quite clearly you need to "tweak" it like this:

Но это не я, кто опоздал. Это про моё домашнее задание.

xXHoax, you can read a little about "извиняюсь" here.

http://www.spb.aif.ru/culture/event/1460264

This -ся thing is all but relative as there are a lot of reflexive verbs that have lost this "refer back to the subject" vibe and adopted another meaning, so you don't need to worry about this much. After all this form of the word is on the verge of "making it", if you catch my drift.

Originally Posted by iCake

xXHoax, you can read a little about "извиняюсь" here.
Как правильно говорить: извините или извиняюсь? | События | КУЛЬТУ

The guy who says ‘Фактически смысл этого выражения: «Я сам извиняю себя за причинённое вам зло»’ is not quite right.
Извиняться is not «извинять себя», like кусаться is not «кусать себя». Actually, it means the same as «просить прощения», ‘apologize’.
The verb извиняться is used frequently, and it is totally normal. Nobody protests against phrases like он извинился (= он попросил прощения), извинись (= попроси прощения) etc. Only извиняюсь is out of favor for some reason.

I suppose that there is no true reason to consider извиняюсь wrong. Most likely, ‘извиняюсь is wrong’ is a widely spread myth created by some people like the author of the quotation above, who use some bad argumentation to prove it.

In any case, you have to deal with the ‘извиняюсь is wrong’ idea since it’s really popular.