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regret

Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2014 7:36 am
by hanuman_2000
Hello,

1. I wish I was not so rude to my teacher.

I have to change it into reported speech using "regret".

1.a) She regretted that she had not been so rude to her teacher.
1.b) She regretted that she had been so rude to her teacher.

Which one is correct?

Thanks.

Re: regret

Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 6:46 am
by Alan
b, of course, although the original should read 'I wish I had not been...'