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S.P.I. Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Look-ing?

Hi guys,


I see lots of people complement their friends on appearnces with something along the lines of:

"Looking good!"

Is that grammatically correct? Shouldn't it be "You look good!"?

Maybe it's just me but I have always perceived the word looking as a verb that could be used in the context of maybe viewing something in the general vicinity of a users line of sight, or quite possibly searching for something.

What do you guys think?
  

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It is just an expression that has come into use. " It is not uncommon for expressions that are not formally grammatically correct to be coined for casual situations.

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  • It is just an expression that has come into use.
  • " It is not uncommon for expressions that are not formally grammatically correct to be coined for casual situations.
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It is just an expression that has come into use. A related expression is: "things are looking up."

It is not uncommon for expressions that are not formally grammatically correct to be coined for casual situations.
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S.P.I."Looking good!"
Is that grammatically correct?
Yes. It's casual speech, in which "You are" is omitted from the standard sentence. You are looking good.

S.P.I.Maybe it's just me but I have always perceived the word looking as a verb that could be used in the context of maybe viewing something in the general v
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