Please expect delay in my response vs Please expect delayed to respond

The correct sentence to inform someone that there may be a delay in responding is 'Please expect a delay in my response.'

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Please expect delay in my response

This phrase is correct and commonly used to inform someone that there may be a delay in responding.

This phrase is used to inform someone that there may be a delay in responding to a message or request.

Examples:

Please expect a delay in my response as I am currently in a meeting.
Due to the high volume of emails, please expect a delay in my response.
I apologize for any inconvenience caused by the delay in my response.
Please be patient as there might be a delay in my response.
You can expect a delay in my response due to unforeseen circumstances.

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Please expect delay in my response
When a Member State reasonably expects delays in fulfilling the deadlines laid down in the present Decision, it shall immediately inform the Commission.
When a Member State reasonably expects delays in fulfilling the deadlines laid down in this Decision, it shall immediately inform the Commission. It shall send the Commission a file containing a technical description of the project and an up-to-date implementation plan.
Plan your route accordingly and expect delays.
The snow is not letting up, so expect delays getting home.
Victoria Road is open to traffic but motorists are advised to expect delays.
Even so, please expect a small token of our gratitude.
If you have booked A Casanova Room please expect an email with a map showing how to get there and the exact address.
Please expect an email response from our partner within 24 hours (48 hours on the weekend) after submitting this form.
Especially in the summer months, where the highways are crowded by many tourists especially on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays you should expect delays.
Support for parity delays in all applicable RAID layouts.
You cost me millions and months of delays in construction.
Delays in reporting movements were noted in Great Britain.
Another extremely important point concerns delays in payments.
Applicants shall be notified of significant delays in processing their applications.
Delays in transposition are an endemic problem in the Commission.
Subject: Delay in gambling infringement proceedings
Panelled containers reduce efficiency by causing delays in filling operation.
Please expect brief information from me about everything that is decided and about everything we plan for the future.
Any delays in the demonstration projects will lead to delays in deployment after 2020.
Delay in providing these documents may result in a corresponding delay in the payment (s).

Alternatives:

I may be delayed in responding.
There might be a delay in my response.
Expect a delay in my response.
My response may be delayed.
Anticipate a delay in my response.

Please expect delayed to respond

This phrase is incorrect as 'delayed to respond' is not a standard expression in English.

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Please expect delayed to respond
Even so, please expect a small token of our gratitude.
Treatment may be delayed to allow sufficient time for recovery.
If you have booked A Casanova Room please expect an email with a map showing how to get there and the exact address.
Please expect an email response from our partner within 24 hours (48 hours on the weekend) after submitting this form.
Please expect brief information from me about everything that is decided and about everything we plan for the future.
Completion was scheduled for 2010, but was delayed to early 2011 due to weather-related delays.
The premiere was eventually delayed to April 14, 2012.
The game was later delayed to June 21, 2016.
However, this was later delayed to 26 May.
The launch of the new one is delayed to 21.10.2006.
The deadline for Schools is now delayed to March 27, 2015.
On November 5, 2010, it was reported that some 787 deliveries would be delayed to address problems found during flight testing.
Plans for a doctoral degree have been delayed to accommodate his military enlistment.
In this context, the interinstitutional discussions on the review might be delayed to avoid any risk of confusion.
That is why delayed to answer your email.
SARS the exhibition was delayed to October - for the first time).
The flight will be delayed to another date without any additional cost.
And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mountain, they gathered together.
The US version was delayed to 2 June 2006 and is only available on a CD + DVD format, with no SACD.
12Riven was originally set to be released on December 6, 2007, but it was delayed to February 14, 2008.

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