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Navitasan Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Sorry/regert/ashamed of
Can one say:
1-I am sorry to bother you last night.
instead of:
2-I am sorry to have bothered you last night.
Can one say:
3-I regret to bother you last night.
instead of:
4-I regret to have bothered you last night.
Can one say:
5-I am ashamed to bother you last night.
instead of:
6-I am ashamed to have bothered you last night.
Gratefully,
Navi.
1-I am sorry to bother you last night.
instead of:
2-I am sorry to have bothered you last night.
Can one say:
3-I regret to bother you last night.
instead of:
4-I regret to have bothered you last night.
Can one say:
5-I am ashamed to bother you last night.
instead of:
6-I am ashamed to have bothered you last night.
Gratefully,
Navi.
Top answer
No. Sorry. You can't make any of those substitutions.
- No.
- Sorry.
- You can't make any of those substitutions.
- However, you can make this very common substitution: I [am sorry / regret / am ashamed] that I bothered you last night.
- CJ
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No. Sorry. You can't make any of those substitutions. 
However, you can make this very common substitution:
I
However, you can make this very common substitution:
I
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