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no no

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regrets no I will have no

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regrets hello guys how are you uh my

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beautiful singing there yes I know okay

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today we are going to be uh talking

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about expressing regret

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what is a regret well a regret is

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something which we have done in the past

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uh which we now in the present wish we

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had not done okay uh something which has

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had a negative often a negative

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influence upon our present situation

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when we express regret in English often

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we use two structures we use I wish

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and if only we use them in a past form

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uh talk about this past event and the

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consequence which this past action has

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upon our present

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situation look at the sentence I have

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behind me on the board if only you

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hadn't left that rubbish on the

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floor okay past action if only you

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subject had not so had the verb there

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telling us that this is a past uh

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sentence if only you hadn't left using

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the past participle the rubbish on the

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floor and I could continue that sentence

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I wouldn't have tripped over if only I

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had studied harder at school I would be

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a lawyer now for example we can use wish

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in a similar structure I wish I had

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learned how to drive when I was

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17 I wish I had learned how to sew from

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my mother and now I could fix my own

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shirts okay so there we have it if only

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and I wish we use them to express regret

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but as the song

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goes

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no no regret

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no I will have no regrets