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作者: gorden 时间: 2007-2-5 21:50
标题: A letter to my friend. I hope that he could receive it.
Hello "Hedoe",

I am gorden. The young man you met on the way to Tibet in 2007 summer.

Do you remember me?

Or, are you still on your way to come ture your dream?

And I am not sure if you can receive the E-mail.

Any way, if you see it. Please let me know.

BTW, I am so sorry about that I've forgotten how to spell your name right, so please tell me the truth. Thanks.

I am looking foreward to here from you.

Best Regards,

Gorden

2/5/2007

作者: gorden 时间: 2007-2-5 22:05

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作者: gorden 时间: 2007-2-5 22:06
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作者: gorden 时间: 2007-2-5 22:26
He is a great man with great esprit come from Germany.

I could understand that why do so many people said "Germany Esprit".

He rode from Germany through so many countries and cities.

We just met him on the way to Tibet. He said he would go on with his dream.

I wish him a good luck!

作者: gorden 时间: 2007-2-5 22:30
That is a nice memory I will never forget...

作者: 山野 时间: 2007-2-5 22:34
Wish he would receive this letter!

and wish him a brilliant journey with his dream

good music.

作者: fastjudy 时间: 2007-2-6 09:51
Hi Gorden,

First and foremost, thank you for sharing your excellent journey...the pictures are great and i believe it has been an eye opening experience for you.

Since this is the English forum, we do encourage people to participate and learn at the same time. There are some spellings and grammatical errors i wish to point out for your future references (the corrections are typed in BOLD letters):

Hello "Hedoe",

I am gorden. The young man you met on the way to Tibet in 2006 summer.

Do you remember me?

Or, are you still on your way to MAKE your dreamS COME TRUE?

And I am not sure if you can receive the E-mail.

ANYWAY, if you see it. Please let me know.

BTW, I am so sorry that I've forgotten how to spell your name right, so please LET me KNOW. Thanks.

I am looking FORWARD to HEAR from you.

Best Regards,

Gorden

作者: gorden 时间: 2007-2-6 10:44
Thank you, fastjudy.

I made so many mistakes.

作者: 田鱼 时间: 2007-2-6 11:50
looking forward to hearing from you.

作者: gorden 时间: 2007-2-7 09:09
I have received the letter from "Haldo" !!!!

作者: gorden 时间: 2007-2-7 09:10
hi,gordon,nice to here from you!!!my name is haldo.since 3 month i am back home,already working to make some money for my next trip.i plan to go to mongolia,china and india again.it will take me some years to make enough money for the trip.gordon,do you know,did atchi get my mails,i wrote 3 mails to him,after i got a mail from him in november.i asked him to write back and send all my best wishes to all of you.maybe there is a problem and he didnŽt get them.in the mails i wroze about the end of my travels and so on,please ask him,i would be very happy to here from him too.so long my friends,i hope you are all fine,haldo

作者: gorden 时间: 2007-2-7 09:11
Hi, Haldo,

I am so glad to receive the letter from you!

Thanks for your best wishes.

I will ask A Qi about the E-mail.

And, also, I will be very happy if you can come to Shanghai.

The website I gave you last time is our cycling club's web.

You also can write something about your life, your trip feeling at the "English Forum".

Ok, let's keep communication.

I am looking forward to hearing from you.

Thanks.

作者: fastjudy 时间: 2007-2-7 13:04

引用第8楼田鱼于2007-02-06 11:50发表的:
looking forward to hearing from you.

Dude... It's "looking forward to hear from you". I'll use manderin to explain: "Hear" 在这里是形容词，是没有动态的。Hearing是有动态的，就好比：希望“听“到你的回应和希望“在听“到你的回应的分别。更何况，“To hearing..."在英语里本来就是个错误，只有“To hear"，没有“To hearing"...不信你可以查查。谢谢！

作者: fastjudy 时间: 2007-2-7 17:59
A word of caution to ANYONE who wish to correct other people's English vocabulary...and that is to first make sure you know what you are talking about.... I do not want others to follow one's example blindly.... we are here to guide, NOT mislead. As the moderator of the English forum, it’s my responsibility to make sure we are doing the right thing. Thank you!

作者: hawaii 时间: 2007-2-7 18:07
I like the music!

作者: 田鱼 时间: 2007-2-7 21:10

引用第12楼fastjudy于2007-02-07 13:04发表的:

Dude... It's "looking forward to hear from you". I'll use manderin to explain: "Hear" 在这里是形容词，是没有动态的。Hearing是有动态的，就好比：希望“听“到你的回应和希望“在听“到你的回应的分别。更何况，“To hearing..."在英语里本来就是个错误，只有“To hear"，没有“To hearing"...不信你可以查查。谢谢！

Googled examples:

http://www.english-test.net/esl/ ... esl-answers.php#ten

http://acronyms.thefreedictionar ... to+Hearing+from+You

Also here. http://www.englishforums.com/Eng ... gRead/wjrj/Post.htm

Well explained by the moderator (and I quote):

"Yes, indeed. This is not the 'to' of an infinitive, it is a particle of the idiom 'look forward to', which takes a noun (in this case, the gerund 'hearing') as object.

'I look forward to our next dinner meeting.'
'And I look forward to seeing you there.' "

I look forward to your reply

作者: fastjudy 时间: 2007-2-7 21:42
Let me see, here's another person replying to what you've asked and copy from...."This construction amounts to using a gerund ("-ing" word) as the object of the preposition "to". You don't have any aversion to using gerunds, do you? Eventually you'll get used to seeing this construction, especially if you get around to paying close attention to what you read every day."

It means that we both are correct....it's a personal matter to how you use the gerund. In this case, the gerund "ing" has been popularized by the masses rendering it valid. Unfortunately, english has been around for so long...classic english usage has been bastardized to meet both modern and popular demand.

BTW....if you place close attention to what you have so desperately to proof me wrong...the gerund "ing" was used without another gerund in front of it....meaning "looking forward to hearing from you" is still somewhat wrong.... if you wish to use this term, it should be "I look forward to hearing from you"...right?

Gotcha!

作者: calvinsonic 时间: 2007-2-7 21:45
Well..what can i say, this is such a awsome post, you guys must had a lot of memorable moments out there. And nice music BTW

Grammer is my worst nightmare. Still got a lot of points off due to poor grammer.
I would say:"I am looking forward to see you"

作者: 漫游的熊 时间: 2007-2-7 22:03

I was deeply moved by Gorden and Haldo...thank you guys for your story and your friendship...

I can't speak English well so if I made some mistakes please forgive me~

作者: fastjudy 时间: 2007-2-7 22:16

引用第17楼calvinsonic于2007-02-07 21:45发表的:
I would say:"I am looking forward to see you"

Nicely put, bro...

作者: 田鱼 时间: 2007-2-7 22:48

引用第16楼fastjudy于2007-02-07 21:42发表的:
Let me see, here's another person replying to what you've asked and copy from...."This construction amounts to using a gerund ("-ing" word) as the object of the preposition "to". You don't have any aversion to using gerunds, do you? Eventually you'll get used to seeing this construction, especially if you get around to paying close attention to what you read every day."

It means that we both are correct....it's a personal matter to how you use the gerund. In this case, the gerund "ing" has been popularized by the masses rendering it valid. Unfortunately, english has been around for so long...classic english usage has been bastardized to meet both modern and popular demand.

BTW....if you place close attention to what you have so desperately to proof me wrong...the gerund "ing" was used without another gerund in front of it....meaning "looking forward to hearing from you" is still somewhat wrong.... if you wish to use this term, it should be "I look forward to hearing from you"...right? Gotcha!

In this case "to" is preposition and should be followed by a "thing" not a verb, period.

As for "I am looking forward to", it could be the writer's choice to "emphasize" his anxiety, so I respect that.

作者: fastjudy 时间: 2007-2-7 23:00
[quote]引用第20楼田鱼于2007-02-07 22:48发表的:

In this case "to" is preposition and should be followed by a "thing" not a verb, period.

Whhooaarr...hold it there Bubba! followed by a "thing"? In what instance do you refer as a "thing"? To "hear" is a thing? You mean sound is a form of solid object? I thought "hear" or "hearing" is a verb? Please give substantive evidence to your claim as this is getting silly...

作者: 田鱼 时间: 2007-2-7 23:14

引用第21楼fastjudy于2007-02-07 23:00发表的:
[quote]引用第20楼田鱼于2007-02-07 22:48发表的:

Whhooaarr...hold it there Bubba! followed by a "thing"? In what instance do you refer as a "thing"? Please give substantive evidence to your claim.

.......

A noun, or gerund form of a verb.

or an example by Merriam-Webster:　
- look forward : to anticipate with pleasure or satisfaction <looking forward to your visit>

Ｌｅｔ＇ｓ　ｄｒｏｐ　ｔｈｉｓ　ｄｅｂａｔｅ．

作者: fastjudy 时间: 2007-2-7 23:30
"or an example by Merriam-Webster:　
- look forward : to anticipate with pleasure or satisfaction <looking forward to your visit> "

.... "Looking forward to your visit" is correct because the gerund "ing" is preposition to a VERB, "forward" is a verb hence making the gerund correct. To place 2 gerund in a single sentence, ie: I am looking forward to hearing from you is just plain broken English IMHO...just like " I can love you long time"....

Well...as far as i'm concern, this debate is over....just the 2 of us bickering over nothing...

作者: 小尾巴 时间: 2007-2-17 23:15
I'm so happy that I have found out the mistakes as well.

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