GERUND AND INFINITIVE? (TO REGRET)

Welcome back to our Gerund vs. Infinitive Challenge, everyone! Are you ready for today's lesson?

Here are your two sentences, with the verb TO REGRET.

Sentence 1: I regret to say that I did not vote in the election. 

Sentence 2: I regret saying that I did not vote in the election. 

Let's assume that the person speaking is a woman. One of these sentences means that the woman did not vote, and she regrets the fact that she did not vote and is reporting that information. Which sentence is it?

In the other sentence, she is telling people that she regrets the fact that she said that she did not vote. In this case, the person isn’t necessarily sorry that she didn’t vote, but she regrets that she shared this information with other people. Another interpretation of this case is that the person said they did not vote, and it was a lie (so they regret saying that they did not vote when they actually did).

Todays challenge is a little more complicated than the previous days. Can you match each sentence with the different meanings outlined above?

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Good luck and have a great day!