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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

i (am) look(ing) forward to see(ing) you... ?

i am thankful for this forum and hope to get an answer.
please could anybody help me?

where is the difference between

1) i look forward to see you
2) i am looking forward to see you
3) i look forward to seeing you
4 i am looking forward to seeing you

?
i could not find any answer in the internet until now...

i (am) look(ing) forward to your answer....
even here the same ...

thank you so much

Hanna
  

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Anonymous difference 1) i look forward to see you 2) i am looking forward to see you The first two are impossible. 'to' is a preposition in this sentence, so it must be followed by an -ing form. See .

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous difference 1) i look forward to see you 2) i am looking forward to see you The first two are impossible.
  • 'to' is a preposition in this sentence, so it must be followed by an -ing form.
  • See .
  • 3) I look forward to seeing you .
  • 4) I am looking forward to seeing you.
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Anonymousdifference
1) i look forward to see you
2) i am looking forward to see you

The first two are impossible. 'to' is a preposition in this sentence, so it must be followed by an -ing form.

See .

3) I look forward to seeing you
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thank you so much!

i am thankful to know the right versions now.
Hanna
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You can also look at it this way.
You look forward to something, where the something is a noun or similar to a noun.

That's why we can say
eg I look forward to seeing you. Seeing is a gerund
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Sometimes "look forward to see" is used in its literal sense, as in the following sentence from Google Books:

He looked forward to see eight men all on the ground in the hallway, most of them writhing in pain.
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ozzourtiHe looked forward to see eight men all on the ground in the hallway, most of them writhing in pain.
Infinitive of result.

Also,

He looked forward to avoid the stares of bystanders. Infinitive of purpose.

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thank you for further examples.
in school they always taught us version 2)
even both teachers :-(
well, it's more than 20 years ago, but i don't think that english language did change,
so it's weird and sad to get taught phrases which are totally wrong...
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Anonymousthank you for further examples.in school they always taught us version 2)even both teachers :-(well, it's more than 20 years ago, but i don't think that english language did change,so it's weird and sad to get taught phrases which are totally wrong...
ah sorry that was from me, Hanna, as i'm still anonymous here... will try to change this.
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Anonymouswell, it's more than 20 years ago, but i don't think that english language did change,so it's weird and sad to get taught phrases which are totally wrong...
This happens sometimes. It is wrong now, and it was wrong twenty years ago.
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