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Pamela81 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

To be excited to

Hi,

first, I want to point out that I do not use this phrase never, the reason why I mention it is that one of my American customers uses it very often in our e-mail correspondence to express that he is looking forward to meeting me at the Fair. Now my question is if you think that this is a bit ambiguous or it is only my impression?!

Would you use this kind of expression to express that you are looking forward something?(talking about job...)

I wouldn´t.......

Please I need your opinion

Thanks!
  

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It's a perfectly innocent expression, used in written and spoken English all the time and by many people. This is often surprising to Europeans, for example, who do not have the same attitude. There is no hidden meaning.

— JohnParis

  • It's a perfectly innocent expression, used in written and spoken English all the time and by many people.
  • This is often surprising to Europeans, for example, who do not have the same attitude.
  • There is no hidden meaning.
  • If I had been communicating with someone over a long period of time, I would probably say something easy-going and casual just like it.
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It's a perfectly innocent expression, used in written and spoken English all the time and by many people.
"I'm excited to meet you at the fair" is just a slightly more familiar way of saying "I look forward to meeting you." Americans often use this type of "verbal friendliness" and casual approach.This is often surprising to Europeans, for example, who do not have the same attitude. There i
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JohnParis .This is often surprising to Europeans, for example, who do not have the same attitude.
Hi John,

I am glad to know that there is no hidden meaning :-) I do agree with the sentence below, In Europe, this phrase may be seen as ambiguous, I couldn´t say something like that in Italian, my customer would feel embarassed.

Now that we are
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Pamela81 Now that we are talking about it, how can you understand when there is a hidden meaning?
With time, Pam.
Time and use.
You're welcome,
John
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I do believe that from my customers I won´t get such sentences with hidden meaning Emotion: smile or maybe I won´t understand it :-))

Reg
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