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Odyssey Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
To have and gerunds........please
I regret to have damaged your book
I fixed the sentence by, I regret damaging your book.
but grammmatically, what is the error in this sentence?
I fixed the sentence by, I regret damaging your book.
but grammmatically, what is the error in this sentence?
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I regret that I've damaged your book. Using to have damaged or damaging is not suitable for the term like 'regret'.
- I regret that I've damaged your book.
- Using to have damaged or damaging is not suitable for the term like 'regret'.
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I regret that I've damaged your book.
Using to have damaged or damaging is not suitable for the term like 'regret'.
Using to have damaged or damaging is not suitable for the term like 'regret'.
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"I regret damaging your book." is perfectly correct. A little stiff, maybe, but grammatically unflawed. One would normally say "I'm sorry I damaged your book." But back to your question: the present perfect tense "have damaged" makes an awkward object of a sentence, whereas the gerund "damaging" is a simple and straighforward object.
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