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Catherine's Grammar Explanation: Regret:

Catherine:
Hi Mariela! Hina lost touch with her friends, and now she regrets it. Mark didn’t move
abroad, and he regrets that, too.
When we want to talk about past regrets, we can use 'regret' as a verb. If we want
to use a second verb, it must be an -ing form. Listen to Hina:
Hina: I really regret losing touch with some of my good friends.
The first verb is regret, and the second verb is 'losing' - it takes –ing. Listen again:
Hina: I really regret losing touch with some of my good friends.
If we regret something that didn't happen, we put not before the -ing verb. Here's
Mark:
Mark: I regret not moving abroad as many of my friends did, even for a year
or two.
Of course, you don't have to use a second verb with -ing after regret; you could use
a noun instead. You could just say what happened and then say something like 'I
regret that situation' or 'I regret that' or just 'I regret it'.
Elena: When I first went to university, I was quite young, and I don't think I
put in as much work as I should have done, and I kind of regret it
now.
So, that's regret with an -ing verb, regret with not and an -ing verb, or regret with
a noun. That's all from me, good luck with your grammar challenge!
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