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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
- 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:
- Seeing on seeing. . . difference - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
On seeing that the robber was walking at his direction slowly, he turned around, and ran for his dear life Seeing that the robber was walking at his direction slowly, he turned around, and ra
- 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
- do you see are you seeing - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
A: But then why do you only see are you only seeing them a couple of times a month? Would you see this as a fixed thing and use simple present, or see it as a temporary situation and use the present continuous?
- 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?
- present continuous - I see vs. I am seeing in the sense of . . .
If you start saying I am seeing instead of I can see, people will notice you're talking like a foreigner I can't explain how it works grammatically, but Chandler's use of the continuous here serves to convey the question: "do you the same thing I see?" See here for a similar use of see in the present continuous
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