Grammar help please?
Hi there,
Could you please advise if these two sentences are making any sense to you? if not what are the better word(s) in here?
I shut myself in the room to repent my mistake. (Perhaps has done something stupid)
I shut myself in the room to regret my mistake. (Perhaps has done something stupid)
Cheers.
Top answer
No, those don't make much sense. Shutting yourself in a room doesn't seem to have much to do with repenting or regretting. We don't normally do that in order to repent or to regret something.
- No, those don't make much sense.
- Shutting yourself in a room doesn't seem to have much to do with repenting or regretting.
- We don't normally do that in order to repent or to regret something.
- 'repent' is much more likely not to have an object.
- You just repent.
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No, those don't make much sense. Shutting yourself in a room doesn't seem to have much to do with repenting or regretting. We don't normally do that in order to repent or to regret something.
'repent' is much more likely not to have an object. You just repent. You rarely repent something.
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