She wanted the man she was looking forward to (,She wanted the man she was looking forward to (to stay)with her.look forward to 后接名词或动名词,为什么这里用to stay,而不用staying

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She wanted the man she was looking forward to (,
She wanted the man she was looking forward to (to stay)with her.
look forward to 后接名词或动名词,为什么这里用to stay,而不用staying

我给你举个例子
EXAMPLE:
(1)I'm *looking forward* to see her .我向前看 为了看到她
(2)I'm *looking forward to* seeing it.我希望看到她
forward 有向前的意思 比如第一个句子
look forward to 是一个短语 是希望的意思 to经常是作为不定式的一部分 但是不要固定思维 这里的to 是介词 并非动词不定式符号 后面可以加名词 要接动词当然也得接和名词亲缘关系最近的动名词啦
而这句话里,前半部分,SHE WANTED THE MAN
want somebody to do 是指想某人去做什么,所以,并不与后面的LOOKING FORWARD TO 重叠,所以要用TO STAY.