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WesternAmerican Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
''I look forward to seeing(gerund'' vs. I'm looking forward to see you.
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02 b 00 1)If a gerund takes place after a preposition(right?), then why the latter sentence doesn't sound like this: 02 br
00 I'm looking forward to seeing you? 02 br
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00 2) Until/Till are prepositions, right? Then why I've never heard anyone says or writes 'Until arriving, I'll clean the house'? Everybody says until you arrive. But gerunds take place after prepositions, so I can't get the hold of it. 02 br
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01 b 00 Thank you. 02 b 00 0-
02 b 00 1)If a gerund takes place after a preposition(right?), then why the latter sentence doesn't sound like this: 02 br
00 I'm looking forward to seeing you? 02 br
02 br
00 2) Until/Till are prepositions, right? Then why I've never heard anyone says or writes 'Until arriving, I'll clean the house'? Everybody says until you arrive. But gerunds take place after prepositions, so I can't get the hold of it. 02 br
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01 b 00 Thank you. 02 b 00 0-
Top answer
02 br 02 br 01 i 00 until 02 i 00 is most often a conjunction. 02 br 02 br 00 When used as a preposition, 01 i 00 until 02 i 00 usually takes a noun object, not a gerund, as in 01 i 00 until sunset, until the end of the year 02 i 00 , etc. 02 i 02 br 02 br 00 When a verb is used as the object of the preposition, it has to be in gerund form.
- 02 br 02 br 01 i 00 until 02 i 00 is most often a conjunction.
- 02 br 02 br 00 When used as a preposition, 01 i 00 until 02 i 00 usually takes a noun object, not a gerund, as in 01 i 00 until sunset, until the end of the year 02 i 00 , etc.
- 02 i 02 br 02 br 00 When a verb is used as the object of the preposition, it has to be in gerund form.
- You are right about that.
- But if the subject of that verb is missing, then it is taken to be the same as some noun in the clause it modifies.
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0 01 i 00 I'm looking forward to seeing you 02 i 00 is correct. 02 br
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01 i 00 until 02 i 00 is most often a conjunction. That's how it's used in 01 i 00 until you arrive 02 i 00 . 02 br
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00 When used as a preposition, 01 i 00 until 02 i 00 usually takes a noun object, not a gerund, as in
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01 i 00 until 02 i 00 is most often a conjunction. That's how it's used in 01 i 00 until you arrive 02 i 00 . 02 br
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00 When used as a preposition, 01 i 00 until 02 i 00 usually takes a noun object, not a gerund, as in
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0 Thanks a lot Jim, you're a great teacher. 02 br
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CalifJimI'm looking forward to seeing you is correct.Then what about simply using the infinitive, not the gerund: I'm looking forward to see you.
Is this correct?
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Hi,
Just a comment adding to the experts’ post…. “looking forward to” is an idiomatic expression” What follows is either a noun, or noun phrase. i.e. I am looking forward to …What? What- implies a noun. My vacation in Hawaii, or my first dance lesson. Since gerund is a noun, it’s only correct form to use, not infinitive.
Just a comment adding to the experts’ post…. “looking forward to” is an idiomatic expression” What follows is either a noun, or noun phrase. i.e. I am looking forward to …What? What- implies a noun. My vacation in Hawaii, or my first dance lesson. Since gerund is a noun, it’s only correct form to use, not infinitive.
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