hello my name is max
"Then none have I offended. I have done no more to Caesar than you shall do to Brutus."
It would depend on how it is used in a sentence. It is proper if you say "She was offended that he called her a name." or "He accidently offended that man." However, it cannot stand alone as a complete sentence.
If he wasn't gay he wouldn't be offended. No ifs ands or buts about it. Its not hard for him to say "I am not gay" and not be a tart about it.
Charles I offended the Puritans by marrying a French Catholic
She is offended that people get so offended easily.I think I have offended him.Why are you offended by everything?
You fess up. Ask him/her why and if it offended him/her. Then apoligize.
When you don't know about the marital status of a French woman, you can write to her "madame". She won't be offended. Anyway there is no real equivalent to 'Ms' in French.
i did offend you.
Rather than tell them that THEY have offended you turn it round and say that YOU have found what they did/said offensive. Say "Please don't do/say that I find it offensive because......" "How do you tell someone honestly but nicely that they have offended you?" As the "offender" you don't have the right to expect a nice response or set rules of engagement. In my case, I would have greatly appreciated if he had picked up the telephone and spoke with me directly and privately.
brittanique. (if you are a Welsh or a Scot, don't be surprised or offended if the French call you "English", as they have little idea of the differences between England, the United Kingdom or Great Britain.)
The gift or gifts that my generation haves is we can be ourselves and not be offended by what people say.
Usually it is the offender, but there may be cause for the person who has been offended to say sorry; because of some misunderstanding on their part which caused the offender to act the way they did.