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Reply Thu 3 Jan, 2008 05:05 am
I look forward to hearing from you.
I'm looking forward to hearing from you.
I shall look forward to hearing from you.

I've heard only the first two sentences, so the third is not correct. Am I right?

Many thanks.
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Region Philbis
 
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Reply Thu 3 Jan, 2008 05:50 am
yes...
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contrex
 
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Reply Thu 3 Jan, 2008 07:12 am
No, Yoong Liat, you are not correct. The first and third sentences are fairly formal and tend to be found at the end of business letters, and the second, with its "I'm" contraction of "I am" is less formal and might be suitable for a personal message to a friend.

I do not understand why the previous poster wrote what he did, and since there is no explanation, I cannot comment further.

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I've heard only the first two sentences, so the third is not correct.

Ah, the "I ain't heard of it, so it must be wrong" fallacy. This is a fairly common error, unfortunately. It is often committed by posters on Able2know, many of them (in theory!) native speakers. Beware of it!
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Yoong Liat
 
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Reply Thu 3 Jan, 2008 07:23 am
Thanks, Contrex and Reg.
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Region Philbis
 
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Reply Thu 3 Jan, 2008 08:52 am
contrex,

there is absolutely nothing wrong with the second sentence...
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contrex
 
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Reply Thu 3 Jan, 2008 09:27 am
Region Philbis wrote:
contrex,

there is absolutely nothing wrong with the second sentence...


Who said there was? I wrote,

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the second, with its "I'm" contraction of "I am" is less formal


Which is absolutely true. Informal does not equal "wrong".
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