Looking forward, catch up

Ju · Jan 28, 2018

It's such a wonderful catch-up today. I'm looking forward for the next one coming up in July.

1. Is the above sentences correct?
2. Can I replace "looking forward" by "look forward"?
3. Can I replace "catch-up" by "catch up"?

Thanks.

Rover_KE · Jan 28, 2018

Ju said:
It's such a wonderful catch-up today. I'm looking forward for the next one coming up in July.

1. Are the above sentences correct?
2. Can I replace "looking forward" by "look forward"?
3. Can I replace "catch-up" by "catch up"?

No, they aren't. In what context do you want to say this? Please make your meaning clear before we consider the other questions.

Note that we look forward to something.

Ju · Jan 28, 2018

Rover_KE said:
No, they aren't. In what context do you want to say this? Please make your meaning clear before we consider the other questions.

Note that we look forward to something.

It's a message sent to all participants of a catch up to express how much I enjoyed the time with them and looked forward to anorher catch up in July.

GoesStation · Jan 28, 2018

Ju said:
It's a message sent to all participants of a catch up to express how much I enjoyed the time with them and looked forward to anorher catch up in July.

What's a catch-up? (Note the hyphen, which I would always use if I were using the term as a noun.)

Ju · Jan 30, 2018

GoesStation said:
What's a catch-up? (Note the hyphen, which I would always use if I were using the term as a noun.)

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/catch-up

"Catch-up"
Is a meeting at which people discuss what has happened since the last time that they met.

Rover_KE · Jan 30, 2018

Ju said:
It was such a wonderful catch-up today. I'm looking forward to the next one coming up in July.

1. Is the above sentences correct? It is now.
2. Can I replace "looking forward" by "look forward"? No. 'I'm look forward' is ungrammatical.
3. Can I replace "catch-up" by "catch up"? No. You need the noun catch-up; catch up is a phrasal verb.

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Tdol · Jan 31, 2018

Unless you're texting during the meeting, use the past tense.

Ju · Jan 31, 2018

Rover_KE said:
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Can I say :
I look forward to the next one coming up in July.

Tdol · Jan 31, 2018

You can, though the present progressive works better for me in this context.

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