Is it proper to write “Be watching”
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Be watching for an email within 24 hours to begin ordering.
Please be watching for this Questionnaire coming your way in March or April.
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Be watching for an email within 24 hours to begin ordering.
Please be watching for this Questionnaire coming your way in March or April.
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This is a proper way to write. It may be more common to say "watch" instead of "be watching."
– Karlomanio
2 hours ago
@Karlomanio Not may be more common but definitely more common. No native speaker that I know of would say "be watching", it would always be "watch for", "watch out for" or "look out for". "Be watching" might be common somewhere but I don't know where: reading it would make me think that the writer was not a native speaker.
– BoldBen
1 hour ago
In American English we often say things like "Be looking out for X". For example, We will pick you up at the airport. Our rental car is a white Honda . Be looking out for it.
– TRomano
32 mins ago
@TRomano: Really? I never hear it in the progressive form, only as "Look out for ..." or "Be on the lookout for ..."
– Robusto
4 mins ago
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This is a proper way to write. It may be more common to say "watch" instead of "be watching."
– Karlomanio
2 hours ago
@Karlomanio Not may be more common but definitely more common. No native speaker that I know of would say "be watching", it would always be "watch for", "watch out for" or "look out for". "Be watching" might be common somewhere but I don't know where: reading it would make me think that the writer was not a native speaker.
– BoldBen
1 hour ago
In American English we often say things like "Be looking out for X". For example, We will pick you up at the airport. Our rental car is a white Honda . Be looking out for it.
– TRomano
32 mins ago
@TRomano: Really? I never hear it in the progressive form, only as "Look out for ..." or "Be on the lookout for ..."
– Robusto
4 mins ago
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This is a proper way to write. It may be more common to say "watch" instead of "be watching."
– Karlomanio
2 hours ago
@Karlomanio Not may be more common but definitely more common. No native speaker that I know of would say "be watching", it would always be "watch for", "watch out for" or "look out for". "Be watching" might be common somewhere but I don't know where: reading it would make me think that the writer was not a native speaker.
– BoldBen
1 hour ago
In American English we often say things like "Be looking out for X". For example, We will pick you up at the airport. Our rental car is a white Honda . Be looking out for it.
– TRomano
32 mins ago
@TRomano: Really? I never hear it in the progressive form, only as "Look out for ..." or "Be on the lookout for ..."
– Robusto
4 mins ago
This is a proper way to write. It may be more common to say "watch" instead of "be watching."
– Karlomanio
2 hours ago
This is a proper way to write. It may be more common to say "watch" instead of "be watching."
– Karlomanio
2 hours ago
@Karlomanio Not may be more common but definitely more common. No native speaker that I know of would say "be watching", it would always be "watch for", "watch out for" or "look out for". "Be watching" might be common somewhere but I don't know where: reading it would make me think that the writer was not a native speaker.
– BoldBen
1 hour ago
@Karlomanio Not may be more common but definitely more common. No native speaker that I know of would say "be watching", it would always be "watch for", "watch out for" or "look out for". "Be watching" might be common somewhere but I don't know where: reading it would make me think that the writer was not a native speaker.
– BoldBen
1 hour ago
In American English we often say things like "Be looking out for X". For example, We will pick you up at the airport. Our rental car is a white Honda . Be looking out for it.
– TRomano
32 mins ago
In American English we often say things like "Be looking out for X". For example, We will pick you up at the airport. Our rental car is a white Honda . Be looking out for it.
– TRomano
32 mins ago
@TRomano: Really? I never hear it in the progressive form, only as "Look out for ..." or "Be on the lookout for ..."
– Robusto
4 mins ago
@TRomano: Really? I never hear it in the progressive form, only as "Look out for ..." or "Be on the lookout for ..."
– Robusto
4 mins ago
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This is a proper way to write. It may be more common to say "watch" instead of "be watching."
– Karlomanio
2 hours ago
@Karlomanio Not may be more common but definitely more common. No native speaker that I know of would say "be watching", it would always be "watch for", "watch out for" or "look out for". "Be watching" might be common somewhere but I don't know where: reading it would make me think that the writer was not a native speaker.
– BoldBen
1 hour ago
In American English we often say things like "Be looking out for X". For example, We will pick you up at the airport. Our rental car is a white Honda . Be looking out for it.
– TRomano
32 mins ago
@TRomano: Really? I never hear it in the progressive form, only as "Look out for ..." or "Be on the lookout for ..."
– Robusto
4 mins ago