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Old 27-Aug-2003, 17:58
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Default Re: Whether a Gerund or an Infinitive.

"We look forward to meeting with you ..."

You can usually tell if a verb is functioning as a gerund by substituting other nouns to see if the sentence continues to make sense. So ...

"We look forward to it" - sounds okay to me!

So "meeting with you" is functioning as a gerund phrase.

Perhaps, it might help you if you consider the word 'to' to belong to the verbal phrase 'to look forward to' rather than the verb 'to meet'.

Iain
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