 Re: I regret having done vs to have done something
You sometimes find the "regret to have done" construction in older texts, e.g.
1. However, he put on a high look: "A Hangman, such as you, naturally takes pleasure in talking of his tools and his trade: but on me they will not produce any effect. I have owned everything;--and almost regret to have done so."(Carlyle, History of Friedrich II of Prussia)
But it would sound a little odd in modern standard English.
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