Both parties are busy in finding a way...

Mr. Tom

Both parties are engaged in finding a way where...

Why "finding"--why not "looking for"? "Finding" anticipates a positive outcome.

Can we say?

I am finding a house for you.

Many thanks, Avangi...

By the way, it's really news to me that we can say:

I am finding a house for you.

Can we use find in a question also?

A-What are you finding for me?

B-I am finding a house for you.

In Pakistan, we are taught:

We look for something first.

What

I agree with Tom. One looks for something and in the end, he either finds it or fails to find it.

Mr. TomIn Pakistan, we are taught:

We look for something first.

What are you looking for in the cupboard?



then we find it.A: I've been looking in that cupboard for ten minutes, and I can't find a cup.
B: Come on, let's go find you a cup!

Also, You need to find a good woman.

Both parties are engaged in finding a way where....

Both parites are engaged in looking for a way where...

LOOK FOR: YOu can look for something without finding it. So you can validate the action, but the consequence is left up in the air.

FIND: you look for something with the goal of finding it. The first sentence therefore seems more goal-oriented.

Hi Avangi

A: I've been looking in that cupboard for ten minutes, and I can't find a cup.
B: Come on, let's go find you a cup!

Speaker A has been looking for a cup, but he can't find one. (He does not go finding a cup first...but he looks for it first.)

Speaker B knows where the cup is, and that's why he says "...find you a cup!"

Why is it necessary to list the intermediate steps?

I'm going to study and become a Psychiatrist.!

No, you can't say that. First you're going to study and become an MD. Then you're going to study and become a psychiatrist.

Tomorrow, I'm going to fly to San Francisco.

No, you can't say that. First you're going to drive to the airport. Then you're going to f

Mr. TomCan we say?

I am finding a house for you.

Tom

"What are you finding?" he asked. (not correct)
"What are you looking for?" he asked. (correct)

First... YOU LOOK:
uhhh?

Then (if you are lucky)...
YOU FIND:
uhhh!

If you do not know where something is, you first look

To be engaged in something means to be involved or to participate in something which is completely differently than "To look for something". We can say:" Many countries are actively engaged in the science of Cloning". The argument doesn't hold water. "Engaged" is not replaceable by "looking for something". Many English usage of phrases can not be explained and satisfied by entries found in the "

Yoong Liat"What are you finding?" he asked. (not correct)
"What are you looking for?" he asked. (correct)

This seems a bit philosophical (which is not necessarily a bad thing.)
There are plenty of verbs for processes which presuppose a successful outcome.
I'm tying my shoe.
I'm baking a cake.
I'm building a house.
I'm making the bed.