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We had the great pleasure of ‘catching up with you’ is commonly spoken. When using the possibility (future) of doing so, you might instead say, “We will enjoy catching up with you.”
Another usage would be “It will be a great pleasure to catch up with you.”

wilpeterWe had the great pleasure of ‘catching up with you’ is commonly spoken. When using the possibility (future) of doing so, you might instead say, “We will enjoy catching up with you.”Another usage would be “It will be a great pleasure to catch up with you.”

That you very much, that was very helpful.

Is 'it is was great catching up with you' also

AnonymousIs 'it is was great catching up with you' also correct?

I think you meant to say, "It was great catching up with you." - and yes, it is also correct.

wilpeter AnonymousIs 'it is was great catching up with you' also correct?I think you meant to say, "It was great catching up with you." - and yes, it is also correct.

Yes, that was what I meant to say. Sorry for the error.

I am assuming that it would be wrong or not as good to use 'to catch up' in this last sentence (it was great to catch up with you)

No, I think that version is acceptable also. Since it is idiomatic, many expressions are without firm rules. We could be talking about a boat race - if you look back at your examples. As I understand your meaning, you were referring to getting caught up socially with events that have gone on since you last talked to this person.

wilpeterNo, I think that version is acceptable also. Since it is idiomatic, many expressions are without firm rules. We could be talking about a boat race - if you look back at your examples. As I understand your meaning, you were referring to getting caught up socially with events that have gone on since you last talked to this person.

Got it, thanks l. So in

I probably shouldn’t have thrown that alternate topic into the conversation. To recap:
We had great pleasure catching up with you.
We enjoyed catching up with you.
We will enjoy catching up with you.
It will be a great pleasure to catch up with you.
It will be great catching up with you.
It was great catching up with you.
It was great to catch up with you.
All of th

wilpeterI probably shouldn’t have thrown that alternate topic into the conversation. To recap:We had great pleasure catching up with you.We enjoyed catching up with you.We will enjoy catching up with you.It will be a great pleasure to catch up with you.It will be great catching up with you.It was great catching up with you.It was great to catch up with you.All of the abov

wilpeter and getting caught up socially.

Is that used in Canadian English?
I would use it in e.g.
I got caught up in heavy traffic yesterday.

Otherwise, I would use "catching up socially" instead.

wilpeter The boat race situation is factual, whereas the social situation is idiomatic.

The indefinite article is not appropriate in that example.
It will take a different teacher to answer fully, but while you can say, "It would be a great pleasure to meet you." you wouldn't say, "We had a great pleasure meeting you."