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อยากทราบวิธีการเขียน I'm looking forward to........ค่า

พอดีเข้า google จะเข้าไปหาวิธีการเขียนประโยค I'm looking forward to........

แต่ปรากฎว่า มีเขียนทั้งสองแบบค่ะ

1 I' m looking forward to see you

2 I' m looking forward to seeing you

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Permalink Reply by David on August 11, 2010 at 5:18am

Hi Khun Kulakanya

The correct answer is number 2, I'm looking forward to seeing you.

Best
David

Permalink Reply by David on August 11, 2010 at 5:40am

I guess I should tell you why as well, as I think I can see where people get confused with the grammar but it is all about phrasal verbs.

In English, we often use the following pattern:

I am coming to see you. (present continuous + infinitive + object)

So why then do we say I'm looking forward to seeing you?

It is because after a preposition, we use the -ing form of the verb (called a gerund).

In the sentence "I'm coming to see you.", "to" belongs to the second verb "see", to form the infinitive. i.e. we have to add the word "to" for the sentence to be correct.

However, in the sentence "I'm looking forward to seeing you.", "to" doesn't belong to "see". It belongs to the main verb "look" and forms part of the phrasal verb "to look forward to". i.e. the word "to" is already there, it is part of the main verb.

This is why it is very very important for everyone learning English to spend a lot of time learning your phrasal verbs because without a good working knowledge of them they will always cause you problems when speaking and listening.

Permalink Reply by Pat on August 11, 2010 at 6:19am