Question

2294 ✗ I now regret not having worked harder at school. I now regret not [[having]] worked harder at school. having | to have

Accepted Answer

regret I now regret not to have worked harder at school. I now regret not [[to have]] worked harder at school. having 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	2294
Keyword	regret
Type of Sentence	✗
Error Sentence	I now regret not to have worked harder at school.
Correct Sentence	I now regret not having worked harder at school.
Cloze Error Sentence	I now regret not [[to have]] worked harder at school.
Cloze Sentence	I now regret not [[having]] worked harder at school.
Cloze Answer	having
Choices	having \| to have
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 Worked Harder I School Regretted To Infinitive Formal