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Anonymous
09-21-2004, 08:01 PM
Hi,
Please check if these sentences are correct and natural?
1. He felt guilty/guilt for being unfaithful. or He felt guilty/guilt that he was unfaithful.
2. He felt guilty/guilt for having been unfaithful. or He felt guilty/guilt that he had been unfaithful.
3. He felt guilty/guilt for [telling/snitching, having told/snitched] his teacher on [them, the thing]. [Both tenses mean the same, don't they?]
4. I felt guilty/guilt that maybe I [did, had done] something to cause that. [Both mean the same, don't they?]
5. He felt guilty/guilt that he [was, had been] born [rich, into a rich family] when he saw boys at/about/around his age working in the factory for a living.
6. She felt guilty/guilt that she had not done as much as she ought to have done.
7. When you feel guilty/guilt, how do you respond?
8. Why do you feel guilty/guilt for things you are not responsible for?
9. I've never felt guilty/guilt over/about/with/for the things.
Thanks a million.
Ann

Rusty
09-22-2004, 04:53 PM
1. He felt guilty/guilt for being unfaithful. (OK).
or He felt guilty/guilt that he was unfaithful. ("guilt that" sounds unnatural to me).
2. He felt guilty/guilt for having been unfaithful. or He felt guilty/<strike>guilt</strike> that he had been unfaithful. (OK).
3. He felt guilty/guilt for [telling/snitching, having told/snitched] his teacher on [them, <strike>the thing</strike>].
(...for telling/having told his teacher on them.
...for telling/having told on them to his teacher.
...for snitching/having snitched on them to his teacher.
When you use the past perfect tense, that action/verb happens before the verb in the past tense. In this sentence, "He felt guilty for telling on them," the two verbs, felt and telling could happen together, or telling could happen earlier. In this sentence, "He felt guilty for having told on them," told happened before felt).

4. I felt guilty/<strike>guilt</strike> that maybe I [<strike>did,</strike> had done] something to cause that. [Both mean the same, don't they?](
5. He felt guilty/<strike>guilt</strike> that he [was, had been] born [rich, into a rich family] when he saw boys at/about/around his age working in the factory for a living. (In this sentence you can use either was or had been because the sequence of events is obvious. You don't have to use "had been" to prove that he was born before he felt guilty).
6. She felt guilty/<strike>guilt</strike> that she had not done as much as she ought to have done. (OK).
7. When you feel guilty/guilt, how do you respond? (OK).
8. Why do you feel guilty/guilt for things you are not responsible for? (OK).
9. I've never felt guilty/guilt over/about/<strike>with</strike>/for [b](doing) the things.