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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

I was looking forward to meet you.

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01font00I was looking forward to meet you.02font0-
  

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this means 00"i expect to know you, to see you or something like that"02br 02br 01font 00do not make sure until a teacher approve that02font 0-

— Saltukhan

  • this means 00"i expect to know you, to see you or something like that"02br 02br 01font 00do not make sure until a teacher approve that02font 0-
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0TO ME02br
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00correct.this means 00"i expect to know you, to see you or something like that"02br
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01font00do not make sure until a teacher approve that02font0-
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01cite10Jackson661212cite10Is the following sentence correct? 11b11font10No12font12b10 If it is then what does that mean?12br
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11font10I was looking forward to meet you.12font12br
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0Thank you. I ALWAYS get this wrong.0-
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Thank you. I ALWAYS get this wrong.12br
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10 01b01font00And now you can look forward to getting it right. 05002font02b00 010id5
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11cite20Jackson661222cite20Is the following sentence correct? 21b21font20No22font22b20 If it is then what does that mean?22br
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21font20I was looking forwar
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0Hi,02br
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01font00But 01i00meet02i00 is also a noun.02font00 Can00 you write a simple sentence where you use it as a noun?02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0The following quote is from this 05000.01blockquote
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11b10Yankee wrote:12b12br
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10As regards using the 11b10-ing form12b10 of a verb after the word 'to', I've found that it is often easier to simply learn the expressions in which it is required. In other words, learn expressions suc
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0 It's the entire phrase 01i00meeting you02i00 that can be replaced by a noun, not just 01i00meeting02i00:02br
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01i00I was looking forward to the concert.02br
00 I was looking forward to my vacation.02br
00 I was looking forward to the end of the day.02i02br
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1b01i00He is used to the rules of the game02i02b00 has almost the same meaning as 01i01b00He is used to playing by the rules02b00.02i02br
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01font00Therefore, please tell me such a noun phrase which can replace 01i00meeting/meeting you02i00 in the 01i
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0 Good question. It points out some of the awkwardness, not to say fallacies, associated with some of our usual explanations of the grammatical machinery of English!02br
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00 It is true that it is difficult to find a noun phrase which can easily and smoothly replace 01i00meeting you02i00 in the example sentence. Some clunky possibilities come t
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