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Jun 22, 2003 17:52
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English term

I am looking forward to meeting you!

Non-PRO English Art/Literary
What is the correct for and why?
I am looking forward to meeting you
I am looking forward to meet you
I am looking forward meeting you
Responses
5 +3 I look forward to meeting you.
5 +4 I am looking forward to meeting you.
5 +1 I am looking forward to meeting you
4 +1 1st one because the expression is " to look forward to ..doing something"
4 +1 I am looking forward to meeting you
Change log

Dec 17, 2005 08:14: Fuad Yahya changed "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary"

Responses

+3
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Selected

I look forward to meeting you.

There is probably nothing wrong with "I am looking forward," but "I look forward" is what I would use.

You need "to' after "look forward."

After "look forward to," you need a noun, in this case a gerund "meeting you."

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Note added at 2003-06-22 19:03:37 (GMT) Post-grading
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In correspondence, e-mail, and conversations, one often hears or reads, \"looking forward to meeting you,\" without \"I am.\"
Peer comment(s):
neutral writeaway : there is absolutely nothing at all wrong with I am looking forward to meeting you. no need to change it at all. is an idiomatic expression and cannot be dissected.
7 mins
There is probably nothing wrong with "I am looking forward," but "I look forward" is what I would use. I have just dissected it, so I suppose it can be.
neutral David Moore (X) : Post grading - to me, there is a shade between the two: the first one is "at this point", or occasionally, while the other means "all the time" (until we meet), which is certainly slightly more correct - if you mean what you are writing.
13 hrs
There is probably a "shade," and time reference may be a factor in this shade. Most people seem to use the two interchangeably, but typically preferring one to the other, mostly out of habit and without objective grounds, except how it sounds.
agree J. Leo (X) : this is more economical
15 hrs
agree Jana Teteris
18 hrs
neutral Janelle Norman : I am looking.. I would use in spoken english, and I look... in written as it sounds more formal.
19 hrs
agree AhmedAMS
69 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+4
2 mins

I am looking forward to meeting you.

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Note added at 2003-06-22 18:01:15 (GMT) Post-grading
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After certain two words verbs, that is a verb following by a preposition, the grammatical structure that is required is another verb in the present participal form, that is, ending in \"-ing.\"

I look forward to traveling to Europe.



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Note added at 2003-06-22 18:06:54 (GMT) Post-grading
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I was going to explain it more thoroughly along with the differences between some types of verb phrases, but since another answer was already chosen, I will elect not to do so.
Peer comment(s):
agree Сергей Лузан
2 hrs
agree David Moore (X)
13 hrs
agree Janelle Norman
19 hrs
agree Zeke : Possibly I hope to meet you soon
7 days
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+1
2 mins

1st one because the expression is " to look forward to ..doing something"

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Note added at 2003-06-22 17:57:51 (GMT)
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is an idomatic expression and is \"to look forward to + verb in \'ing\' form. the other options are gramatically incorrect.
Peer comment(s):
agree Сергей Лузан
2 hrs
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+1
3 mins

I am looking forward to meeting you

I am looking forward to +ing form
Peer comment(s):
agree David Moore (X)
13 hrs
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+1
3 mins

I am looking forward to meeting you

usage
Peer comment(s):
agree David Moore (X)
13 hrs
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