EXPRESSION OF BLAMING AND ACCUSING

 HOW TO BLAME AND ACCUSE SOMEONE

What is it?

Everybody who reads this blog, are you okay today? I hope that you are always in good condition wherever you are.

Well, today I specifically want to share a material which is still strange for us in English but many times we have listened in Indonesian version but we never cared about it.

Simply, we will learn about Expression of Blaming and Accusing. 

Do you know these two materials below?

We will discuss the two materials above one by one.

We can start it with:

EXPRESSION OF BLAMING.

What is it? The word blaming comes from Blame, means making someone feels sorry, or making someone to be fault.

Look at these examples below!

1. Are you out of your mind?

2. How could you do such a thing?

3. I can’t believe that you did it.

4. I hope you are sorry for….

5. I hope you’re sorry.

6. I think you are to blame.

7. It was your fault.

8. It’s your mistake/fault.

9. What on earth were you thinking?

10. You are the one to blame.

HOW TO RESPOND:

1. I‘m not the one to blame.

2. It wasn’t me.

3. It’s not true.

4. You are wrong, I didn’t do it.

5. Sorry, I didn't know what you mean.

6. Sorry, I never did it.

7. Don't say it, please. I don't know what the problem was.

8. I never make you feeling guilty.

After we learn about Blaming and its response, we will learn about Expression of Accusing and its Response.

Expression of Accusing

1.       It must have been you who did it.

2.       I think you’re the only person who could have done it.

3.       You must be doing something wrong.

4.       You must have talked about me behind my back.

5.       You dropped that porcelain glass last night, didn’t you?

6.       You took my magazine, didn’t you?

7.       You had lost all of my data on the computer. 

Responses

1.       I’m really sorry. I didn’t mean to.

2.       I’m sorry for the things I’ve done.

3.       I’m sorry. It’s my fault.

4.       It’s my responsibility. I’m sorry.

5.       No, it wasn’t me.

6.       Sorry for my fault.

7.       Yes, I did. Sorry for not asking you first.

Example of Expression of Blaming in Dialogue!

DIALOGUE 1

Salma              : Hi, Dinda. You look so angry. What happened?

Dinda              : I am angry with Tenny.

Salma              : Why are you so angry to her?

Dinda              : Because she brought some of our assignments.

                          She might be forget to come right now.                                 

                          This assignment should be finished today.

Salma              : Hahh…. Really? How come?

Dinda              : She said that she wanted to finish it yesterday. 

                          She borrowed my flash disk .

                          She should not have forgotten to return it to me this morning. 

                          It’s all her fault!!

Salma              : Ohhh…. I know it’s her fault. But, I think you don’t have to blame her.

Dinda              : So what should we do now?

Salma              : Let’s  call her right now!

Dinda              : Okay, thanks for your suggestion. I'll call her now. Wait a moment, please!

Salma              : It's okay. Don't worry about it. Just call her now.

DIALOGUE 2

James               : Jack, stop right now, please!

Jack                 : What is the problem?

James               : You copied my short story, didn’t you?

Jack                 : No, I did not do that!

James             : Seriously? How could you write the same assignment as mine?

Jack                 : What? I never do that! I am serious!

James               : Ok, can you tell me the whole text?

  If you write the story by yourself,

  you must be able to memorize all of the events of

  the written text in the story.

Jack                 : hmm…, aa…, mm….., I’m really sorry James. I can’t. 

  I wrote the story while you were reading it loudly in the class yesterday.

James               : Huh! How could you run away from all this,

  and pretended not to know!

Jack                 : Once again, I’m really sorry! I’m not going to submit this work.

                          I want to make it myself later, I promise not to do that again.

James             : Ok. No problem. You must not really submit this work

  because this is not your own original story.