'offence' is correct and usable in written English, and it is a noun.
It can refer to either a criminal or a sports violation. Example sentence: He was charged with a serious offence.
"The tweets were swiftly deleted and we apologise for any offence".
No offence was intended".
The first offence linked to this attacker was in 1990, the latest in February 2005, and there could be more victims who have not come forward.
I hope it has not caused offence, because it was a joke".
But Danny Alexander, the Treasury chief secretary, was less insouciant saying " Obviously, if something has caused offence, obviously that was not right.
We live in a culture obsessed with offence, which is not in itself a bad thing – most of us would agree that we would prefer not to anger or upset other people if we can help it.
'Wouldn't you like to be back there.' You bet I would (no offence, Streatham).
Rusbridger said it was not clear that Miranda was committing any offence taking the material through Heathrow.
Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 5.16pm AEST08:16 Back to the Senate, Nationals senator John Williams is taking offence at the Labor suggestion that the Coalition looks after "the big end of town".
Ebert was conflicted – it offended him to preface his article with such a warning, not least because the NSFW label was, as he put it, an "unsightly typographical offence", but mostly because it "would contradict the point I was making", namely that he was opposed to American puritanism, preferring Europe's supposed festive nudearama.
But as soon as I press on how this charming man could have caused such offence, every point becomes contested.
