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Lindasu Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

to tak or to taking ?

hi all,

1. " Friends of the couple say Ben and jennifer are now looking forward to taking their bundle of joy home and getting down to the happy business of family life."

2. "Jennifer can look forward to spending plenty of quality time with the infant."

In above two sentences, may I put ' to take their bundle of joy....' instead of ' to taking their bundle of joy ....' ?

' to spend plenty of ...' instead of ' to spending plenty of..." ?

Thank you!
  

Top answer

I'm afraid you can't because it is a common structure, I mean; " to look forward to verb+ing ". That's all for now. "

— Dj Bueno

  • I'm afraid you can't because it is a common structure, I mean; " to look forward to verb+ing ".
  • That's all for now.
  • "
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I'm afraid you can't because it is a common structure, I mean; "to look forward to verb+ing".

You may also face this structure at the end of the letters;
  • "....That's all for now. I'm looking forward to hearing from you soon."
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hi Dj

I got it now ...thank you
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You're welcome.I'm glad you got it.
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Dj Bueno
I'm afraid you can't because it is a common structure, I mean; "to look forward to verb+ing".

You may also face this structure at the end of the letters;

  • "....That's all for now. I'm looking forward to hearing from you soon."
hi Dj

I just read a news from CN
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In both cases "to" is a preposition, and requires the -ing form if a verb follows them.
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