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muni
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 Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 2:50 am Post subject: hear or hearing |
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If I write
"looking forward to hear(hearing ) from you soon"
at the end of the application then
would it be correct
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teufelchen53
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| Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 9:57 am Post subject: |
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hallo muni,
I am not good in English  , but I think that it must be
looking forward to hear from you soon
I think you can't use hearing because of the "to" before, so it is definetly the infinitive. The infitive doesn't end on -ing.
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Corey
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| Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 10:35 am Post subject: |
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You would think that based on other English usage, but no.
People write or say "I look forward to hearing from you" all the time.
Good luck,
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muni
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| Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2003 6:37 am Post subject: |
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so can I write
" looking forward to hearing fom you soon"
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teufelchen53
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| Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2003 5:28 am Post subject: |
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My posting was so bad that I did it again.
Sorry, I am trying.
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teufelchen53
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| Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2003 5:34 am Post subject: it is difficult |
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hallo muni, hallo corey,
I wrote, I am not good in English, but I looked again when I saw corey's answer.
I think she is right, because
to look forward to + infinitive
that's one posibillity.
But it's also used in diferent ways.
to look forward to something.
I think in that you can use hearing, beause in this case it's not used as a verb, it's used as a none (instead of something, you know). 
I will aks my teacher tomorrow and give you a definetly answer tomorrow evening. That's all I can do, because I also want to know how to use it in the right way.
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obelix
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| Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2003 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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In a formal application you should write, "I am looking forward to hearing from you soon."
hearing from you soon is a gerund phrase. |
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teufelchen53
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| Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2003 8:44 am Post subject: now it is clear |
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hallo at all,
today I was at school again and I asked my teacher.
corey and obelix are right. When you end a letter the best form to end is
I look forward to hearing from you soon
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Alejandro-62
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| Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2003 2:05 pm Post subject: |
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To Muni and all the others:
The fact is that "I look forward to" is a complete expression in itself. In this case, "to" works as a preposition which is part of the expression.
It is not intended to be part of the infinitive verb that follows. So, the same as in other cases after a preposition ("to" in this case) you have to use the gerund, that is to say "verb + ing".
"I look forward to hearing from you soon", should be the correct one.
Regards
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