As far as I know it's ungrammatical to use the verb form "seeing" when perception is involved - do you mean specifically the gerund seeing, or any use of to see? Either way, it sounds wrong to this US English speaker: we use "seeing" to mean "perceiving" all the time.
grammar - When is it ok to use "seeing"? - English Language Learners ...
However, I'm seeing two interpretations which are perfectly acceptable in correct English. These may not match the originally intent in the argument, but they're acceptable. Firstly, "see" can mean to determine something. "I'll see who's at the door, and I'll see whether they're here about the car." Now consider the following exchange:
They're definitely not interchangeable. If you start saying I am seeing instead of I can see, people will notice you're talking like a foreigner. I can't explain how it works grammatically, but Chandler's use of the continuous here serves to convey the question: "do you the same thing I see?" See here for a similar use of see in the present continuous.
present continuous - "I see" vs. "I am seeing" in the sense of ...
I look forward to seeing you. I look forward to meeting you. I'm looking forward to dogsledding this winter. Each of these sentences are acceptable, and use a gerund (verbal noun). You can't use other forms of the verb after the preposition to, you can't say: I'm looking forward to see you. I'm looking forward to saw you.
I’m not seeing anything now would be ok for Sarah to say; the present progressive, and more importantly, the now convey the contrast between the new and the previous states of affairs. For Alex, the simple I don’t see anything would be the most natural for (A). In any event, I think it less likely that Alex would use the now at all, because the now seems to suggest a contrast about what he ...
seeing is used as a conjunction in English, meaning "inasmuch as" or "since". What does "Having seen that it is about to rain, we had better leave now" actually mean to you? What is the sequence of events and the logical and grammatical structure there, in your opinion? What is the function of that kind of "having"+past participle structure?
2: We were still seeing each other a couple of times a month The only difference is that the reference/relevance/narrative time has subtly altered. In both versions the meetings being described are in the speaker's past, but by introducing the past progressive, #2 has expanded the "potential scope" of that past. Consider...
tense - Meaning of progressive: “were seeing” vs “saw” - English ...
It felt really nice seeing all the things fall together into place. Vs It felt really nice to see all the things fall together into place. Is this just an infinite- gerund thing? Or are the mean...
Right now I am looking at the board. I see/am seeing some words on the board. Would you possibly readily or simply tell me which one? And why?
Which one must I use "see/am seeing" and what is your reason?
(3) The debug option can be very helpful for seeing what, at first glance, looks like what a bunch of random characters does like. But this one is conventionally erroneous like the first one.
Idiomatically, What do you see? can also be taken to mean What are you capable of seeing? (As a human being, what do you see?) The answer could be the wavelengths of light observable by the human eye.
How to use the present participle of the verb to see. Can I say, "I enjoy seeing new places"?
sentence construction - Is it correct to say l enjoy seeing places ...
As far as I know it's ungrammatical to use the verb form "seeing" when perception is involved - do you mean specifically the gerund seeing, or any use of to see? Either way, it sounds wrong to this US …
However, I'm seeing two interpretations which are perfectly acceptable in correct English. These may not match the originally intent in the argument, but they're acceptable. Firstly, "see" can …
They're definitely not interchangeable. If you start saying I am seeing instead of I can see, people will notice you're talking like a foreigner. I can't explain how it works grammatically, but …
I look forward to seeing you. I look forward to meeting you. I'm looking forward to dogsledding this winter. Each of these sentences are acceptable, and use a gerund (verbal noun). …
I’m not seeing anything now would be ok for Sarah to say; the present progressive, and more importantly, the now convey the contrast between the new and the previous states of affairs. …
2: We were still seeing each other a couple of times a month The only difference is that the reference/relevance/narrative time has subtly altered. In both versions the meetings being described …
Idiomatically, What do you see? can also be taken to mean What are you capable of seeing? (As a human being, what do you see?) The answer could be the wavelengths of light observable by the …