would you explain about the difference of "look" ," find" and "seek"?

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"I am looking for a girl who i danced with in the church."

if i 'd replace "looking" as "finding" or "seeking" ,
ex) I am finding for a girl who i danced with in the church.
seeking
can it be same meaning before and after?
can i replace "looking" as "finding" or seeking" for same meaning of them?

if they can't be meant same , what differences do each of them mean ?
are they wrong or right in grammer?

and i 'm gonna ask one more question.

"I am looking for a girl who i danced with in the church."
"I am looking for a girl that i danced with in the church."

Would you teach me about the nuance of above two sentences in detail?

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

I am looking for the girl who I danced with in the church.
I am finding ~~for~~ the girl who I danced with in the church. . No - find is what happens when you are successful in looking for something. The grammar is not correct.
Yeah! I found the girl who I danced with in the church.

I am looking for a girl who I danced with in the church. I danced with ten girls in the church. I am looking for any one of them. I don't care which girl.

This one is OK. It is used when you ask others to find the girl for you. You might post this on facebook or on a blog.
I am seeking the girl who I danced with in church. She is tall, with long black hair and brown eyes. Her name is Marie. Help me find her.

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I am looking for the girl who I danced with in the church. Who is used for people; especially people you know and like.
I am looking for the girl that I danced with in the church. That is used for things, but sometimes people that you don't know or like very much..

I am looking for the hat that I left in the church.
I am looking for the keys that I left on the table.
I am looking for the man that crashed into my car and drove away..

Ljswave · Answer

Hello, AlpheccaStars
i have so helpful because of your answer.
Thank you for your polite, specific explanation.

Ljswave · Answer

Can i add one more questions about below thing?

question:
I've known the below things by reading English book for grammer. Are they right? or wrong?
- [ Interrogative pronouns like who, which, whose etc are used for expressing to emphasize the surprise dramatically
Demonstrative pronouns like that is used as you wrote and is just used for adding some explanation of the noun that is placed before "that" ]

I am looking for the girl who I danced with in the church. Who is used for people; especially people you know and like.
I am looking for the girl that I danced with in the church. That is used for things, but sometimes people that you don't know or like very much..

Jenny Gray · Answer

That all sounds correct to me. The part about interrogative pronouns is different than the "who" in your sentences. Here's an example:

Person A: I fell in love with a girl at a dance last night. Her name is Sally Smith...
Person B: WHO?!

Person B is using the interrogative pronoun to show their surprise or shock. They already know the answer to the question. They know Sally Smith already, or they know who she is. Does that make sense?

Jenny Gray · Answer

I should add that interrogative pronouns means pronouns that ask a question.  My example above explains how they can be used to express shock or surprise, but they can also be used to just ask a question.  Person B could have asked "who?" because they didn't hear the name.  The tone of voice is just different.

AlpheccaStars · Answer

~~Can~~ May I add one more question ~~questions~~ about the topics below ~~thing~~?

I've known the ~~below~~ things below by reading a English book for grammar ~~grammer~~. Are they right? or wrong?
- [ Interrogative pronouns like who, which, whose etc are used for expressing to emphasize the surprise dramatically

Yes.
eg. Yesterday I saw an elephant in the grocery store. It was buying a large bag of peanuts.
WHAT (loud)? WHAT did you see?

Demonstrative pronouns like that are used as you wrote and are just used for adding some explanation of the noun that is placed before "that" ]

Yes.Sometimes there are words between the pronoun and its antecedent (the noun that it matches)

Yesterday I saw an elephant that was buying a large bag of peanuts in the grocery store. (elephant that...)
I saw an elephant yesterday in the grocery store that was buying a large bag of peanuts.(elephant ..... that)

Ljswave · Answer

hello, Jenny Gray~
first thank you for ur kind answer.
i totally understand what you wrote but this.
[The part about interrogative pronouns is different than the "who" in your sentences. ]
- you meant that the mean of "who" is different as the kinds of pronouns, will you?
but i have known that all interrogative pronouns and relative pronouns have the only same mean in all sentences
as i wrote the original sentences like this:
[ Interrogative pronouns like who, which, whose etc are used for expressing to emphasize the surprise dramatically ]

That is used by interrogative or relative pronouns .example as
if thing used is who , who is used for "who" that says like "Who are you?"

My point is the mean of "who" in two of below example is perfectly same , just the nuance of "who" is existed as your example.

- I am looking for the girl who I danced with in the church.
- Person A: I fell in love with a girl at a dance last night. Her name is Sally Smith...
Person B: WHO?!

if you don't undstand my reply above. i am sorry about it. i need to improve my English writing.

Ljswave · Answer

Nice to meet you again, AlpheccaStars.
I appreciated you for ur another answer , especially correcting my writing right.^^
I understood your second reply, but it was a little different from the point of my second question of course it's up to me.
In fact i got a feeling that it's hard to get my 100% point through .
that 's the reason why i feel sorry for you guys.
anyway i really thank you.

Jenny Gray · Answer

Ohhh, I understand! Well, those sentences with "who" are a little different.

-I am looking for the girl who I danced with in the church.
In this sentence, "who" is a relative pronoun (and "who I danced with in the church" is a relative cause). The sentence isn't a question, it just lets someone know which girl you're talking about.

So "who" needs to be a question to be interrogative.

Don't worry, you're doing well!

AlpheccaStars · Answer

ljswavei totally understand what you wrote but this.[The part about interrogative pronouns is different than the "who" in your sentences. ]- you meant that the mean of "who" is different as the kinds of pronouns, will you?

Hi Ijswave,

There are some different ways to use "who."

1) Relative pronoun
In 2001, I met the girl who would become my best friend and wife.
The student who studies hardest will get the highest grades.
That boy, who is my brother, is the fastest runner.

2) Interrogative pronoun in direct questions:
Who won the game?
Who is your father?
Who did you go to school with?

3) Indirect questions:
I asked him who won the game.
I know who is coming to dinner.

4) pronoun
I will give $5 to whoever asks for it first.

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