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- grammar - When is it ok to use seeing? - English Language Learners . . .
As far as I know it's ungrammatical to use the verb form "seeing" when perception is involved - do you mean specifically the gerund seeing, or any use of to see? Either way, it sounds wrong to this US English speaker: we use "seeing" to mean "perceiving" all the time
- Looking forward to see you vs Looking forward to seeing you?
I look forward to seeing you I look forward to meeting you I'm looking forward to dogsledding this winter Each of these sentences are acceptable, and use a gerund (verbal noun) You can't use other forms of the verb after the preposition to, you can't say: I'm looking forward to see you I'm looking forward to saw you
- Difference between what do you see and what are you seeing
Idiomatically, What do you see? can also be taken to mean What are you capable of seeing? (As a human being, what do you see?) The answer could be the wavelengths of light observable by the human eye
- See or Seeing? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
However, I'm seeing two interpretations which are perfectly acceptable in correct English These may not match the originally intent in the argument, but they're acceptable Firstly, "see" can mean to determine something "I'll see who's at the door, and I'll see whether they're here about the car " Now consider the following exchange:
- See somebody do and see somebody doing - English Language Learners . . .
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- To see vs Seeing - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
It felt really nice seeing all the things fall together into place Vs It felt really nice to see all the things fall together into place Is this just an infinite- gerund thing? Or are the mean
- Is there a word in English meaning see something incorrectly?
For example, I saw someone just now I thought he was Jack, but turned out he was not Or, I saw something and recognized it as something else incorrectly Is there a word for such situations? I
- Which one must I use see am seeing and what is your reason?
Right now I am looking at the board I see am seeing some words on the board Would you possibly readily or simply tell me which one? And why?
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