I will and look forward to ...ing or I will be and look forward to ...ing ...
which one is correct? The latter one grammatically sounds right for me but I am not 100% sure.
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Similar: Is “has or will read” grammatical? – herisson Jun 27 '17 at 22:54
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The first is ungrammatical (assuming 'I will' isn't a fragment addressing a previous question) and the second is probably unacceptable because of the nature of the deletion. – Edwin Ashworth Jun 27 '17 at 23:34
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Informally (e.g. in a text), you could probably get away with the first; however, the second is grammatically correct, i.e. I will be, and look forward to being, [sth.] – Dog Lover Jun 27 '17 at 23:56
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@Dog Lover The form ...ing doesn't indicate being, which would be shown in full, but a general participle. – Edwin Ashworth Jun 28 '17 at 00:02
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@EdwinAshworth Oh, I see what you mean. I thought it was elision (of "be") on the OP's part. – Dog Lover Jun 28 '17 at 00:03
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@EdwinAshworth Minor note: the first isn't necessarily ungrammatical. Suppose the question was: "Will you be there". In that case, "I will" is a perfectly valid response. – Aleksandr Hovhannisyan Jun 28 '17 at 01:10
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@EdwinAshworth Oh, ISN'T. My apologies, I thought you said assuming "I will is a fragment". – Aleksandr Hovhannisyan Jun 28 '17 at 10:36
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I think the correct form is as follows:
I am looking forward to seeing you.
am looking is present continuous and is used now because the looking forward is something you are feeling NOW (and a little before now and after now until you see the person).
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The question is about parallelism, not appropriate verb-form per se. – Edwin Ashworth Jun 28 '17 at 09:10