Hi people!
I would like to know the correct moment to use:
>> Look for:
>> Search:
>> Seek:
Thank you for your help!
Hi emogen.
Your question is a good one, but the answer is impossible, since we cannot provide for you all the possible moments that you'd need one of those verbs and tell you, for each, which to use. (OK, maybe that makes it a bad question - we needn't get into that).
A better way to get an answer here would be to provide some situations (or sentences), and ask which of the three forms we would use. We're much better at that.
Otherwise, the best way to get that information is to check a dictionary and see what types of examples they give for each word.
SirGod's examples are good, but they only deal with Spanish books, pens, and inner happiness. What if there was a missing a child, for example?
"Look for" seems to me to be a good all-purpose phrase that covers all categories (including all of SirGod's competent attempts) . You should be able to get by with "look for", until you develop a feeling for the other two.