FREQUENTLY, I am asked whether we can write I look forward to seeing you or I look forward to hearing from you.
Almost invariably, the question is posed by someone whose boss, whose colleague or (shudder) whose English teacher has declared that these sentences are ungrammatical and that the correct versions are *I look forward to see you. and *I look forward to hear from you.
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