Oh my darling,<\/p>\n
It happened on Monday.
\nSad face.
\nAnd again on Thursday.
\nSadder face.
\nAnd on Friday morning too.
\nThe saddest face EVER.<\/p>\n
What made me so weepy?
\nIt was this…getting a well-written mail that was very well crafted and had the right style and tone, and it ended with this….<\/p>\n
‘I look forward to hear from you!’<\/strong><\/p>\n This is SUCH a common mistake. If I had a dollar every time I saw this, I’d be living on a private island off the coast of Eindhoven by now.<\/p>\n I wanted to deal with it here so that you will NEVER make this again and I can live a life full of joy. First of all, let me tell you WHY it’s wrong. Sexy, right? Here are some examples:<\/p>\n He is interested IN LEARNING French. ‘In’, ‘by’, ‘to’ and ‘about’ are all prepositions. So…you can NOT say the following:<\/p>\n He is interested IN LEARN French. Those should all sound weird. I hope the next time you end a mail in English, you’ll double check that you’re ending it correctly!<\/p>\n Got any questions? I’m looking forward to HEARING from you! With love! Oh my darling, It happened on Monday. Sad face. And again on Thursday. Sadder face. And on Friday morning too. The saddest face EVER. What made me so weepy? It was this…getting a well-written mail that was very well crafted and had the right style and tone, and it ended with this…. ‘I look forward […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7442,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nOK?
\nOK!<\/p>\n
\nAfter certain verbs in English, we have a\u00a0prepositional object<\/strong>.
\nThat is a preposition that is the OBJECT of the verb – the action- in the sentence. The ‘ing’ form of the word, which is actually called a ‘gerund’, is what’s needed here.<\/p>\n
\nI KNOW!!!
\nGRAMMAR IS HOT!!!<\/p>\n
\nShe is fascinated BY LOOKING at the stars at night.
\nHe admitted TO STEALING the book.
\nWe were curious ABOUT HEARING the news.<\/p>\n
\nThe word after those prepositions is in the ‘ing’ form, as it’s the object of the verb in the sentence.<\/p>\n
\nShe is fascinated BY LOOK at the stars at night,
\nHe admitted TO STEAL the book.
\nWe were curious ABOUT HEAR the news.<\/p>\n
\n(If they sound normal to you, you need to hang out with smarter people.)<\/p>\n
\nLet me know!<\/p>\n
\nI’m so curious about READING your mail.<\/p>\n
\nX buffi<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"