English Grammar - Sentence Structure and Transformation

English Grammar
English Grammar - Sentence Structure and Transformation

Choose the most suitable option to replace the highlighted part of the sentence: He is looking forward to meet you soon.


Options:

  1. to meeting you soon
  2. for meeting you
  3. meeting you
  4. to have met you

Right Answer: to meeting you soon

The phrase 'looking forward to' is a fixed idiomatic expression in English where 'to' functions as a preposition, not as part of an infinitive verb. Since prepositions must be followed by a gerund (verb+ing form) and not the base form of a verb, the correct construction is 'looking forward to meeting', not 'looking forward to meet'. Option 2 incorrectly changes the preposition to 'for', which is not idiomatically correct with this phrase. Option 3 removes the necessary preposition 'to' entirely, and option 4 uses an incorrect perfect infinitive form. Only option 1, 'to meeting you soon', correctly follows the preposition with a gerund. Therefore, the correct answer is option 1.

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