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regret to have done? #1 (permalink) Mon Dec 08, 2008 6:58 am   regret to have done?
 

Hi,

I regret to have done such a thing.

I think the sentence above should be corrected into "I regret having done such a thing." As far as I know, "regret to" is used with say or inform to announce bad news while "regret -ing" is used to say one is sorry about what s/he did in the past.

One more question.

1) I regret having done such a thing.
2) I regret doing such a thing.

I want to know the exact difference between the two sentences. Am I right?
1) I feel sorry about what I did, but it still affects now: I feel sorry about what I have done.
2) I feel sorry about what I did in the past.
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