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Ghazanfar Ahmad Sheikh Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Please correct me
Looking forward to hearing from you. or
Looking forward to hear from you.
Looking forward to hear from you.
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Dear Ghazanfar, It's the first. "look forward to" is a phrasal verb with two particles / prepositions. "to" is attached to "look" not to "hearing".
- Dear Ghazanfar, It's the first.
- "look forward to" is a phrasal verb with two particles / prepositions.
- "to" is attached to "look" not to "hearing".
- The gerund (-ing) form follows another verb much more commonly than the infinitive.
- Consider this similar example : "I object to helping you again".
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Dear Ghazanfar,
It's the first. "look forward to" is a phrasal verb with two particles / prepositions. "to" is attached to "look" not to "hearing".
The gerund (-ing) form follows another verb much more commonly than the infinitive. Consider this similar example :
"I object to helping you again".
The phrasal verb here is "object to".
Kind regards, Mic
It's the first. "look forward to" is a phrasal verb with two particles / prepositions. "to" is attached to "look" not to "hearing".
The gerund (-ing) form follows another verb much more commonly than the infinitive. Consider this similar example :
"I object to helping you again".
The phrasal verb here is "object to".
Kind regards, Mic
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