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Mirch Masala Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

To take/ to taking

Hi everyone!

Which of the following sentences is correct and why?

1). I am looking forward to taking help from you in future also.

2). I am looking forward to take help from you in future also.

To my knowledge, 1st sentence is correct. Why are we adding -ing after the verb take even we are using to?

Thanks in advance!
  

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I am looking forward to get ting help from you in future also . Or: I am looking forward to your helping me in future too. To is a preposition in the sentence, not an infinitive particle.

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  • I am looking forward to get ting help from you in future also .
  • Or: I am looking forward to your helping me in future too.
  • To is a preposition in the sentence, not an infinitive particle.
  • You can easily find out which it is by putting a noun or a pronoun after to: I am looking forward to it .
  • There is no such verb as to it , so to is a preposition in the sentence.
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I am looking forward to getting help from you in future also. Or: I am looking forward to your helping me in future too.

To is a preposition in the sentence, not an infinitive particle. You can easily find out which it is by putting a noun or a pronoun after to: I am looking forward to it
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chfattouma
chfattouma
Senior Member
Doha, Qatar
Tunisian Arabic
'look forward to + noun' or 'look forward + V-ing' (the -ing form functions like nouns after prepositions)
Here 'to' is not the infinitive 'to', it's the preposition as in 'go to school'.
It is wrong to use an infinitive after a preposition.
I look forward to seeing you.:tick:
I look forward to

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