I am excited to see smth/I am excited about seeing smth

[Vladv1]

To my ears "I am excited to see smth/I am excited about seeing smth" mean DIFFIRENT things.The first means that I am anxious to see, and the second just expresses the excitment about the event. Please comment.

 

[jutfrank]

One main difference between these structures is the order in which things happen:

On entering the kitchen, I was very excited to see my wife draped semi-naked across the table.

= I first saw my wife, and my excitement followed as a result

I am very excited about seeing my secret lover tomorrow night.

= My excitement comes before seeing my lover

 

[Vladv1]

One main difference between these structures is the order in which things happen:

On entering the kitchen, I was very excited to see my wife draped semi-naked across the table.

= I first saw my wife, and my excitement followed as a result

I am very excited about seeing my secret lover tomorrow night.

= My excitement comes before seeing my lover

Can I say " I am excited about seeeing my secret lover yesterday?"

 

[jutfrank]

Can I say " I am excited about seeeing my secret lover yesterday?"

No, for reasons I've explained. It must be about something that will happen in the future.

 

[teechar]

Can I say " I am excited about seeing my secret lover yesterday?"

No, because of the conflict of the present "am" and the past "yesterday".

However, you can say: "I was excited about seeing ... etc".

To my ears "I am excited to see smth/I am excited about seeing smth" mean DIFFIRENT different things. The first means that I am anxious to see someone/something, and the second just expresses the excitement about the event.

No. They both express excitement about something.

For example:

I'm excited to see the debate live on TV. [ The debate is about to start or has just started]
I'm excited about seeing my great aunt for the first time. [ You're looking forward to the event]
I was excited to see the Great Wall. [ You saw the Great Wall and you were happy about that]
I was excited about seeing Big Ben, but then my visa to the UK was cancelled. [ You were excited about something in the past]

 

[Vladv1]

No, because of the conflict of the present "am" and the past "yesterday".

However, you can say: "I was excited about seeing ... etc".


No. They both express excitement about something.

For example:

I'm excited to see the debate live on TV. [ The debate is about to start or has just started]
I'm excited about seeing my great aunt for the first time. [ You're looking forward to the event]
I was excited to see the Great Wall. [ You saw the Great Wall and you were happy about that]
I was excited about seeing Big Ben, but then my visa to the UK was cancelled. [ You were excited about something in the past]

Thanks for the great explanation. Does this apply to other verbal adjectives, like " amazed", "astonished", "fascinated". I am fascinated to see him/I was fascinated by seeing him.

 

[Vladv1]

One main difference between these structures is the order in which things happen:

On entering the kitchen, I was very excited to see my wife draped semi-naked across the table.

= I first saw my wife, and my excitement followed as a result

I am very excited about seeing my secret lover tomorrow night.

= My excitement comes before seeing my lover

Does this apply to other verbal adjectives? "I am excited about seeing him every day".Is this correct?

 

[teechar]

Thanks for the great explanation. Does this apply to other verbal adjectives, like " amazed", "astonished", "fascinated". I am fascinated to see him/I was fascinated by seeing him.

Probably, but I'd want to see the sentence to tell you whether it's natural or not. The ones in your post are possible.

 

[jutfrank]

Does this apply to other verbal adjectives?

Are you asking whether you can use a to-infinitive complement after other adjectives? Yes, you can, if the adjective expresses an emotional reaction:

Are you pleased to hear from me?
I was disappointed to find the fridge was empty.
She was astonished to see her old frien Judy standing there.

"I am excited about seeing him every day".Is this correct?

It's not a great example but yes. It likely means that the prospect of seeing him every is exciting to you.

 

[Vladv1]

Probably, but I'd want to see the sentence to tell you whether it's natural or not. The ones in your post are possible.

I am impressed by seeing him every day/seeing him tomorrow.

 

[Vladv1]

One main difference between these structures is the order in which things happen:

On entering the kitchen, I was very excited to see my wife draped semi-naked across the table.

= I first saw my wife, and my excitement followed as a result

I am very excited about seeing my secret lover tomorrow night.

= My excitement comes before seeing my lover

I was excited for my children to see her/about my children seeing her. Do the sentences work?

 

[teechar]

I am impressed by seeing him every day

That may be possible.

I am impressed by seeing him tomorrow.

Again, do you see the problem with that?

 

[Tarheel]

@Vladv1 Note that "anxious" is one of those words that can mean two opposite things.

 

[Skrej]

Can I say " I am excited about seeing my secret lover yesterday?"

I would argue it's possible under the limited context of the excitement being ongoing, especially if you added the adverb 'still'. However, I can't in good faith recommend trying to use it.

I'm (still) excited about seeing my secret lover yesterday.

 

[Vladv1]

I was excited for my children to see her/about my children seeing her. Do the sentences work?

So every time there an adjective, than a preposition and ing, this ing can never refer to the past? The problem is when -ing follows a verb, it CAN refer to the past. I remeber seeing her last week. I am confused.

 

[Tarheel]

So every time there IS an adjective, THEN a preposition and ing, this ing can never refer to the past? The problem is when -ing follows a verb, it CAN refer to the past. I remeMber seeing her last week. I am confused.

"I remember seeing her last week" is fine.

Please use a question mark only when you ask a question.

I'm pretty sure I haven't answered your question -- at least not entirely. (I'm a little confused myself.)

You should be carefully reading these posts so you can learn to notice patterns. Take note of how people express themselves.

What do you notice about this post?

 

[emsr2d2]

Can I say "I am excited about seeing my secret lover yesterday?"

As I told you last week, you must stop putting a space after opening quotation marks.

Does this apply to other verbal adjectives? "I am excited about seeing him every day". space here Is this correct?

Always put a space after a full stop.

So Every time there is an adjective, then a preposition and -ing, can this -ing can never refer to the past? The problem is that when -ing follows a verb, it CAN refer to the past. I remember seeing her last week. I am confused.

Don't start a sentence with "so".
You omitted a verb.
Take care with the difference between "than" and "then".
Remember the correct word order for a question.
I assume you still haven't installed an English spellchecker on your browser - if you had, it would have alerted you to your misspelling of "remember".

 

[Tarheel]

While "excited" is used, of course, I would probably say something like "I am happily looking forward to...."

 

[Vladv1]

Are you asking whether you can use a to-infinitive complement after other adjectives? Yes, you can, if the adjective expresses an emotional reaction:

Are you pleased to hear from me?
I was disappointed to find the fridge was empty.
She was astonished to see her old frien Judy standing there.



It's not a great example but yes. It likely means that the prospect of seeing him every is exciting to you.

Could you please explain when to use "to be interested to do/interested in doing"?

 

[jutfrank]

Sometimes explanations are not what you most need. I suggest you proceed like this:

interested to

1) Click this link: https://youglish.com/pronounce/interested_to/english

2) Listen to as many of these excellent authentic examples as you need. There are over 100,000 of them. (You have to skip right on the player to hear the next one.) Observe which verbs are used in the to-clauses. Can you make any generalisations as to what most of these verbs have in common regarding their meaning?

interested in

3) Click this link: https://youglish.com/pronounce/interested_in/english

4) After listening to dozens of examples, you now have a much better understanding of the many different ways that the words 'interested' and 'in' can be paired. This comes from having thought carefully about what the speaker means in the context of the surrounding speech.