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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Regretted about vs promised never ...
Can I say,
(a) The pupils regretted about / regretted their wrong-doings and promised that never to make / never making noise (again).
(b) They regretted of their wrong-doings and promised never be naughty.
(c) They regretted their wrong-doings and promised that never to be naughty (again).
(d) They promised never be naughty again.
(e) They regretted because of the wrong-doings (they did / made), they promised never to be naughty again.
(f) They promised to the headmaster not to be naughty again.
(a) The pupils regretted about / regretted their wrong-doings and promised that never to make / never making noise (again).
(b) They regretted of their wrong-doings and promised never be naughty.
(c) They regretted their wrong-doings and promised that never to be naughty (again).
(d) They promised never be naughty again.
(e) They regretted because of the wrong-doings (they did / made), they promised never to be naughty again.
(f) They promised to the headmaster not to be naughty again.
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(a) The pupils regretted their wrong-doings and promised never to make noise again. (b) They regretted their wrong-doings and promised never to be naughty again ( promised to never be naughty is probably more common, but not technically correct because of the split infinitive). (c) Remove "that" (d) Insert "to" between "never" and "be" (e) Remove "because of"; use "did"; replace "they" with "and" (f) They promised the headmaster.....
- (a) The pupils regretted their wrong-doings and promised never to make noise again.
- (b) They regretted their wrong-doings and promised never to be naughty again ( promised to never be naughty is probably more common, but not technically correct because of the split infinitive).
- (c) Remove "that" (d) Insert "to" between "never" and "be" (e) Remove "because of"; use "did"; replace "they" with "and" (f) They promised the headmaster.....
- (remove "to")
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(a) The pupils regretted their wrong-doings and promised never to make noise again.
(b) They regretted their wrong-doings and promised never to be naughty again (promised to never be naughty is probably more common, but not technically correct because of the split infinitive).
(c) Remove "that"
(d) Insert "to" between "never" and "be"
(e) Remove "because of"; use "
(b) They regretted their wrong-doings and promised never to be naughty again (promised to never be naughty is probably more common, but not technically correct because of the split infinitive).
(c) Remove "that"
(d) Insert "to" between "never" and "be"
(e) Remove "because of"; use "
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