Brieffreundschaft

[Jane1991]

hey everyone!! is someone here who is 13 or over 13 years old??
I'm looking for pen pals, who are interested in writing letters in foreign languages!! I hope you are interested!! I'm looking forward to hearing from you!! CU

[kleine]

Hey Jane1991

I'm interested in pen pals. Currently I'm living in the USA, but I speak german fluently. So if you are interested send me an email to

I'm looking forward to hear from you.

[Jane1991]

hey vera. I've written you a mail but there was a problem with your address. but I don't know why. please check your mail address.
I'm looking forward to hearing from U.

[saskiafissel]

Hi,
my name is Saskia and i come from Germany. I´m 14 years old.
If you have time,you can often write me. Can you correct my letter??
I´m glad.

[kleine]

Hi Jane1991

I just wrote you a personal message (pn).

Greetings

Vera

[kleine]

And guys

either "I'm looking forward to hear from you" or "I look forward to hearing from you".

[CID]

Ist das ne Frage?


"I'm looking forward to hearing from you"

oder

"I look forward to hearing from you" (formeller)

aber IMMER "hearing"

[Cliff]

And guys

either "I'm looking forward to hear from you" or "I look forward to hearing from you". Very Happy

No guys (and gals), it should always be look(ing) forward to something

[CID]

Cliff,

meine Antwort bezog sich auf den konkreten Fall mit dem "hearing"!

"IMMER" bezogen auf die beiden Sätze, die ich geschreiben habe.

Sollte vom Kontext her klar gewesen sein...

[Cliff]

Meine Antwort bezog sich nicht auf Dich...

[CID]

Sorry, Cliff, dachte es bezog sich auf mein "IMMER".

[kleine]

Actually it wasn't a question.

And it's not

"i'm looking forward to hearing from you"

It's either

"i'm looking forward to hear from you"

or

"I look forward to hearing from you"

Because you can use only once the "ing" form

That's what I learnt and what I just asked my hostdad and he lives in the states and so do I.

[CID]

Hey Kleine,

Sorry, I know it's a tricky subject:

"to look forward to" is one of the many phrasal verbs in English in which an adverbial particle (forward) as well as a preposition (to) is combined with the stem verb to signify a particular meaning. What we are looking forward to can be exemplified as either as a noun phrase or as a verb-phrase with an -ing pattern.

You might also want to check the following link (# 5):

http://www.learnenglish.org.uk/grammar/ ... ers04.html

Regards

CID

[AfroMan]

Kleine, the phrase "I'm looking forward to hear from you" is gramatically incorrect, but you could definitely say it (especially in America, the worst English speakers in the world! ) and be 100% understood!

But definitely "looking forward to" is correct in both instances you mentioned.

AfroMan

[Cliff]

(especially in America, the worst English speakers in the world!

Sorry dude, you just disqualified yourself from being taken seriously.