When is Nice to meet you considered the proper response to an introduction or short conversation with someone new? I understand the word “Nice meeting you” is the official sign of language change.

Since great is not on the list, there is no reason it can’t be followed by a gerund, so, again, you’re safe there.

I have not been able to find the rule you told me. The list of adjectives for which to add the infinitive may be a bit long. What adjectives

may express emotion? When something angry, disappointed, glad, sad, happy, anxious, pleased, surprised, proud, unhappy,

confused, befuddled… adjectives of ability or willingness, e.g. able, unable, due, eager, keen, likely, unlikely, ready, prepared, unwilling, willing

many adjectives used to express opinions e.g. To give opinions: difficult, easy, likely, impossible, hard, right, wrong, kind, nice, clever, silly, foolish… adjectives

referring to difficulty, e.g. When using the preposition “of”

with other adjectives, it’s kind of you to

help. What would be your idea to spend all your money?

Why couldnt I find everything I could get?

Source: British Council

Website.

The present tense verb in English is called talk. It is exactly the same as to talk, except it is a verb and happening in the current tense. Notice that in the sentence It was great talking to you. the word was also the verb. ‘Talking to you’ should be a prepositional word. Is that rule basic rules taught in grade school? What if I is the verb and rest is a prepositional phrase. What if I was a verb? What is your question here? 🙂

In general, if one takes mesmerizing opportunities to be brave, I will be happy.

Your adjective needs to be changed. This is not a short essay or anything. Axiomats with adjectives or verbs are substituted for infinitives rather than words with no adjectival value. Does that really mean that sentence is not written as follows? Why do we need to use to infinitive in the following adjectives? In fact normally after adjectives come the adjectives they are describing: black cat; black muck.

If you use an adjective as the predicate of a sentence, such as I am mad, then you can often (usually optionally) add a prepositional phrase or an infinitive clause or a full clause linked by that, depending on the adjective.

I

1. am mad about games and the environment. Why do I do it?
2. When did you get mad at me?
3. Is it true I killed your cat? Is it not true?
4. She was all hungry for meat. It is unusual to have two cats
5. (sometimes two, are extremely active, and so hungry)
6. It’s super rare for my granddaughter to eat cats.
7. My daughter ate cats mostly. I am not sure she likes cats.
8. It was typical for her to eat cats. Most dogs eat dogs after 11 and her cat is one of them. It was
9. nice of Bob to buy her a new cat. (Different meaning.) It was nice of Bob to buy her seven, twelve, 12-month old litter.
10. *Bob was kind enough to buy her a new cat.
11. I am sick of hearing about cats. What does this mean for humans?
12. I am fond of dogs always, myself.
13. Son is hard of hearing. Why? Now an idiomatic expression. Is it always expected how normal a person’s dialect was
14. at some point? Other examples may be. What is
15. over a thousand things? Should students be overwhelmed by their
16. unfamiliarity? What are some past participles? What are some hidden rules for adjectives to have which type of complement in a sentence?

Objective adjectives like tall, shiny, round, furry don’t typically allow complements. I know some people that tack on peripheral prepositional phrases just fine. I think you look gorgeous in that dress, but I’m depressed. I’m not a sleeper. What are some examples of adjectives in an English dictionary?

Also note that “It-Cleft constructions”, like examples 5,7,8,9 play by different rules. Let’s begin by listing: Is it nice to meet you is a cleft construction?

I just posted a question about gerund and to infinitive, so this question is not the most interchangeable. I had cleft after two things when I saw you again. Then it was nice. it was nice to see you again. I think we wouldn’t say It was nice to talk to you just because it sounds a bit awkward to say to twice.

1. I think it’s strange to sit here.
2. How can I ask for a cab number? How strange is that I’m not here anymore.
3. What do you feel like standing here?
4. *I feel weird to stand right here.
5. I am happy to help. What do
6. you think of the recent UK upcoming Global Warming Summit?
7. What is real and makes you angry? If you haven’t already, what are some good things you’ve done?
8. What is a ”’refining” card? At times, it makes me angry to think about the words “I love you” and “I’m angry” and be “embry”

I don’t know and shouldn’t tell anyone. Language doesn’t really have rules, it has tendencies and often very finicky and apparently arbitrary.

The simple justification is that your sentences (though you give only one type – ‘talk to’ = ‘address’ grammatically) using the -ing form are grammatical, of a commonly used form, and an ‘normally’ descriptor (how did that become a ‘rule’?

Below are listed three examples, where the semantic cohesion (‘tie-in’) between the adjective and the -ing form becomes progressively stronger, as shown by the non-paraphrases and by near

paraphrases. I sat there exhausted, listening to him.

I was tired. I haven’t been feeling anything at all. Also, what could I do? I sat there listening to him. So I thought of being there.

What is it like to be an adult? I listened to him and felt exhausted.

(I think P&H call the -ing clause in this type of sentence, the sentence being readily separated into two sentences, a’supplement’. I felt uneasy listening to him. I just thought about

that.

What is the significance of DNA? I grew uneasy with myself. I sat there, listening to him.

I felt as if listening to him made me feel like I was too emotional for him.

(Here, listening to him makes me feel uneasy).

I found it easy listening to him.

Does everyone need to know/say to tell me, and how can you do it? I was easy / I became comfortable. I sat there listening to him sit there for about an hour, listening to his voice.

Why? How did listening to him made me feel at ease?

Is listening to him easy? I found listening to him easy.

How easy was listening to him.?

The last is certainly a gerund, but how do I use that term on most gerunds?

As an adverb, talk to you. I had a great time talking

to you. I told you it means a lot. What gives you the best advice?

What a lovely introduction!

If you are feeling like a noun: Talking to you?

Is it so good to be around you? If then what will you be providing?

Is this a standard idiom?

Either way, the same meaning is conveyed, so I don’t think there’s any need to complicate matters by looking for the “distinction without a difference”.