Question

2293 ✗ In any case I didn't regret staying at home. In any case I didn't regret [[staying]] at home. to stay | staying

Accepted Answer

regret In any case I didn't regret to stay at home. In any case I didn't regret [[to stay]] at home. staying Regret is followed by a to-infinitive in formal letters to introduce a piece of bad news: 'I regret to inform you that your application for a scholarship has been unsuccessful.'When you are talking about the past, use regret doing sth or regret that: 'I have often regretted leaving the police force.' 'I wonder if they ever regret not having gone to live abroad?' 'Now that it was too late, he regretted that he hadn't worked harder at school.'

Idx	2293
Keyword	regret
Type of Sentence	✗
Error Sentence	In any case I didn't regret to stay at home.
Correct Sentence	In any case I didn't regret staying at home.
Cloze Error Sentence	In any case I didn't regret [[to stay]] at home.
Cloze Sentence	In any case I didn't regret [[staying]] at home.
Cloze Answer	staying
Choices	to stay \| staying
Explanation	Regret is followed by a to-infinitive in formal letters to introduce a piece of bad news: 'I regret to inform you that your application for a scholarship has been unsuccessful.' When you are talking about the past, use regret doing sth or regret that: 'I have often regretted leaving the police force.' 'I wonder if they ever regret not having gone to live abroad?' 'Now that it was too late, he regretted that he hadn't worked harder at school.'

Regret Case I Home Staying Stay Regretted To Infinitive