Be sorry + infinitive can express regret or sadness.
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I’m sorry to hear that you’ve been ill.
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I’m sorry to tell that there’s been an accident.
Be ashamed + gerund is used when the gerund refers to the previous action.
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You should be ashamed of lying him.
In be ashamed + infinitive the infinitive refers to a subsequent action.
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I’m ashamed to tell what the carpet cost.
CAUSATIVE VERBS The causative verbs are used to indicate that one person causes the second person to do something for the first
person.
Have + someone + do Make + someone + do Get + someone + to do -
She has John clean the room.
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She makes John clean the room.
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She gets John to clean the room.
