A letter to my friend. I hope that he could receive it.

gorden

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

gorden

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.

fastjudy

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！

fastjudy

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!

hawaii

I like the music!

田鱼

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

fastjudy

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!

calvinsonic

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"

漫游的熊

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~

fastjudy

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...