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Look forward to hearing from... ( I read that)

I read somewhere in the forum "Look forward to hearing from one of you." Can I use "ing" verb after "to"? Thank you.
  

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Yes, indeed. This is not the 'to' of an infinitive, it is a particle of the idiom 'look forward to', which takes a noun (in this case, the gerund 'hearing') as object. '

— Mister Micawber

  • Yes, indeed.
  • This is not the 'to' of an infinitive, it is a particle of the idiom 'look forward to', which takes a noun (in this case, the gerund 'hearing') as object.
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Yes, indeed. This is not the 'to' of an infinitive, it is a particle of the idiom 'look forward to', which takes a noun (in this case, the gerund 'hearing') as object.

'I look forward to our next dinner meeting.'
'And I look forward to seeing you there.'
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This construction amounts to using a gerund ("-ing" word) as the object of the preposition "to". You don't have any aversion to using gerunds, do you? Eventually you'll get used to seeing this construction, especially if you get around to paying close attention to what you read every day. Of course, I'm making references to reading the posts in this forum very carefully.
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