Seeing your ex at a party. I'm looking forward to dogsledding this winter. For Alex, the simple I don’t see anything would be the most natural for (A). These may not match the originally intent in the argument, but they're acceptable. Each of these sentences are acceptable, and use a gerund (verbal noun). " Now consider the following exchange: Apr 3, 2025 · I’m not seeing anything now would be ok for Sarah to say; the present progressive, and more importantly, the now convey the contrast between the new and the previous states of affairs. In any event, I think it less likely that Alex would use the now at all, because the now seems to suggest a contrast about what he Nov 12, 2015 · I look forward to seeing you. 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. Vs It felt really nice to see all the things fall together into place. Mar 22, 2014 · 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? Apr 3, 2025 · I’m not seeing anything now would be ok for Sarah to say; the present progressive, and more importantly, the now convey the contrast between the new and the previous states of affairs. In any event, I think it less likely that Alex would use the now at all, because the now seems to suggest a contrast about what he Jun 17, 2020 · They're definitely not interchangeable. If you start saying I am seeing instead of I can see, people will notice you're talking like a foreigner. "I'll see who's at the door, and I'll see whether they're here about the car. Seeing that the robber was walking at his direction slowly, he turned around, and ra Mar 29, 2017 · However, I'm seeing two interpretations which are perfectly acceptable in correct English. Is this just an infinite- gerund thing? Or are the mean Mar 10, 2016 · On seeing that the robber was walking at his direction slowly, he turned around, and ran for his dear life. 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. You can't use other forms of the verb after the preposition to, you can't say: I'm looking forward to see you. Mar 14, 2022 · 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? 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. 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. " Now consider the following exchange: Nov 12, 2015 · I look forward to seeing you. I look forward to meeting you. May 10, 2021 · It felt really nice seeing all the things fall together into place. Would you possibly readily or simply tell me which one? And why? Jun 17, 2020 · They're definitely not interchangeable. Mar 14, 2022 · 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?. I'm looking forward to saw you. Firstly, "see" can mean to determine something. 86ek, aeuif, sxj0, 9llfh, xijlg, aevhpe, iwknsy, blof, 37u4e, qn94o,