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Hela Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Regret + gerund or infinitive

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00When do you use the gerund and when do you use the infinitive after the verb "regret"? 02br
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001) I regret to tell you that you order has been cancelled. = regret about a present (or future) action ? polite statement ? 02br
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002) I regretted to have told you that... = possible? 02br
00Would you please give me an example with the perfect infinitive? 02br
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003) I regretted having told you that your order had been cancelled. = a regret about a past action ? 02br
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00Thanks a lot, 02br
00Hela 0-
  

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0 regret+inf = something you are going to do 02br 00"I regret to inform you that you have failed the exam" (I am going to inform you) 02br 02br 02br 00regret+gerund = something you did or didn't 02br 00"I regret not telling you the truth" = I didn't tell you the truth 0-

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  • 0 regret+inf = something you are going to do 02br 00"I regret to inform you that you have failed the exam" (I am going to inform you) 02br 02br 02br 00regret+gerund = something you did or didn't 02br 00"I regret not telling you the truth" = I didn't tell you the truth 0-
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0 regret+inf = something you are going to do 02br
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00regret+gerund = something you did or didn't 02br
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0 Thanks Maripinky, 02br
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00and what about if we put "regret" in the past = "I regretted"? How would your examples be constructed ? 02br
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00Hela 0-
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0 Hi Hela 02br
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00If you use regret to talk about something you did or didn't do you have to use the gerund. 02br
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00"I regretted lying to you / having lied to you." 02br
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00If you are talking about something you're going to do next or you were going to do in the past, you have to use the infi
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0 By the way if "to have written" is the perfect infinitive what is the "thense" (?) in "having written" ? 02br
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00All the best. 0-
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0 It's more a form than a tense, I'd call it "perfect gerund" or " past gerund"... 0-
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0 "To have done" is used to indicate the "do"-event happened at one step more past than the event expressed by the main event. 02br
00 The Mexican hero was believed to have fled to a mountainous region in South America. 02br
00 The boy pretended to have been studying when his mother entered his room. 02br
00"To have done" is also used to imply the "do"
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Hela Dear teachers, When do you use the gerund and when do you use the infinitive after the verb "regret"? examples: 1) I regret to tell you that you order has been cancelled. = regret about a present (or future) action ? polite statement ? 2) I regretted to have told you that... = possible? Would you please give me an example with the perfect infinitive? 3) I regretted h
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I regret (tell) you that the train has been delayed
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