|
#1
| |||
| |||
| Regards S. Ghatak Kolkata, India |
|
#2
| |||
| |||
| "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 |
|
#3
| |||
| |||
| If you have two prepositions in a phrasal verb, and 'to' is the last, then we use a gerund. |
|
#4
| ||||
| ||||
| A suggestion. Say: "Why does it follow "to"? :) |
|
#5
| |||
| |||
| To as preposition will take gerund, while to as infinitive will take verb. E.g: I look forward to hearing from you. (to preposition) I am going to cut my hair today. (to infinitive) |
|
#6
| |||
| |||
| Hi Norlina, You may have made a mistake: I am going to have my hair cut today - is better, unless you are really going to do it yourself. |
![]() |
| Bookmarks |
| Tags |
| whether, gerund, infinitive |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
| |
Similar Threads | ||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| to infinitive and gerund | Anonymous | Ask a Teacher | 1 | 12-May-2004 15:39 |
| infinitive or gerund? | carla guaraldi | Ask a Teacher | 9 | 15-Apr-2004 22:29 |
| gerund or infinitive | Anonymous | Ask a Teacher | 2 | 12-Apr-2004 04:23 |
| Preposition- participal -gerund- Infinitive or absolute. | raelynn | General Language Discussions | 1 | 13-Mar-2004 08:25 |
| infinitive or gerund? | ESL-lover | General Language Discussions | 7 | 27-Jun-2003 21:21 |