I'm looking forward to see(ing) you.

[philadelphia]

Which one is correct?

1)I'm looking forward to see you.

2)I'm looking forward to seeing you.

Thanks in advance. :-D

 

[GUEST2008]

Hi

I'm almost sure that only the second one is correct, i.e., ...forward to seeing you/working with you etc.;-)

 

[duyi]

Hi!
The correct one is: I'm looking foward to seeing you.

 

[FrankOse]

I look forward to the party(noun).
I look forward to playing(noun) games.
I look forward to seeing(noun) you.

Got the logic?

playing and seeing are all gerunds and gerund is a type of noun.

 

[Roselin]

I have doubts too regarding this.

1) I want TO SEE you.

2) She wants TO SMILE.

If we have to use first of the verb with TO then why are you using first form of the verb + ing with to in " looking forward to seeing" ?

 

[bhaisahab]

I look forward to playing(noun) games.:cross:
I look forward to seeing(noun) you.:cross:

These are not nouns they are the present participle forms of the verbs. The nouns are 'games' and 'you'.

 

[whitemoon]

I look forward to playing(noun) games.:cross:
I look forward to seeing(noun) you.:cross:

These are not nouns they are the present participle forms of the verbs. The nouns are 'games' and 'you'.

How about the following ones?
playing games=noun
seeing you=noun
Ving(seeing/playing) is gerund noun, I'm sure, but when a noun (maybe object) is used after ving(seeing you/playing games), is that either gerund or participle?

 

[bhaisahab]

Consider;
The playing (gerund) of the guitarist Eric Clapton is excellent. He will be playing (present participle) in Paris next year.
There will be a meeting (gerund) at the town hall at 8 o'clock this evening. I hope to be meeting (present participle) John there.

 

[whitemoon]

Thank you.
I am playing football, eating a banana.(participle)
Eating a banana every day is good for my health.("Eating a banana evey day" is Noun, and not participle)
Right?
On the other hand, it may be participle noun, and not gerund noun.
Thank you.

 

[bhaisahab]

No, 'The eating (gerund) of bananas...'

 

[whitemoon]

Some grammar books (in my country) say:
Eating a banana every day is good for health.
To eat a banana every day is good for health.
They are the same.
According to your explanation, the eating of a banana every day is good for health.
Which one do you, a native speaker, use?
Thank you.

 

[bhaisahab]

Eating a banana every day is good for (your) health. This one.

 

[whitemoon]

I appreciate your answer.
"Eating a banana every day" is a gerund noun.
Thank you.

 

[Roselin]

Nobody answered my question. This isn't fair.

 

[naomimalan]

Nobody answered my question. This isn't fair.

Yes, it isn't fair. :shock:


"Grammatical" words like to /that/who etc can be labelled differently depending on how you use them in sentences.

For instance "who" can be an interrogative pronoun (as in Who ate the chocolate cake?); or it can be a relative pronoun (as in The boy who ate the chocolate cake is a greedy little boy.)

"To" has two different labels. You have the "to-infinitive" (as in I want to have some chocolate cake.) And then you have the "to" that's a preposition [as in I'm going to the party (where the party is a noun phrase) OR I look forward to hearing from you (where hearing is the gerund and, in fact, what follows hearing is considered to be part of the gerund.

As was suggested higher up, a gerund is treated like a noun. That's why it can be preceded by a preposition. :-D

 

[naomimalan]

I look forward to playing(noun) games.:cross:
I look forward to seeing(noun) you.:cross:

These are not nouns they are the present participle forms of the verbs. The nouns are 'games' and 'you'.

Sorry to disagree! In fact, they are not present participles, they are gerunds!:-D

 

[bhaisahab]

Oh yes? Please explain.

 

[Roselin]

Yes, it isn't fair. :shock:


"Grammatical" words like to /that/who etc can be labelled differently depending on how you use them in sentences.

For instance "who" can be an interrogative pronoun (as in Who ate the chocolate cake?); or it can be a relative pronoun (as in The boy who ate the chocolate cake is a greedy little boy.)

"To" has two different labels. You have the "to-infinitive" (as in I want to have some chocolate cake.) And then you have the "to" that's a preposition [as in I'm going to the party (where the party is a noun phrase) OR I look forward to hearing from you (where hearing is the gerund and, in fact, what follows hearing is considered to be part of the gerund.

As was suggested higher up, a gerund is treated like a noun. That's why it can be preceded by a preposition. :-D

Thanks for clearing the doubts!

 

[whitemoon]

I have doubts too regarding this.

1) I want TO SEE you.

2) She wants TO SMILE.

If we have to use first of the verb with TO then why are you using first form of the verb + ing with to in " looking forward to seeing" ?

"To see you" is the infinite. The infinite is used to qualify a verb, particularly to express purpose. Therefore "to see you", the infinite qualifies the verb "want", expressing the purpose.
look(verb)+forward(adverb)+to(preposition)= phrasal verb
Gerund "seeing you" is used after the preposition.
Therefore, I am looking forward to seeing you.(not to see you)
Hope that help you.
Have a good time!

 

[whitemoon]

I look forward to playing(noun) games.:cross:
I look forward to seeing(noun) you.:cross:

These are not nouns they are the present participle forms of the verbs. The nouns are 'games' and 'you'.

Sorry to disagree! In fact, they are not present participles, they are gerunds!:-D

I think so.
Participles are the parts of the verb. Here, they are not parts of the verb. Therefore they are gerund.