Why use ‘to hearing’ and not ‘to hear’?

[Rosario]

Hello everybody,

We usually found this sentence at the end of the letter:
I’m waiting to hearing from you soon.

My question is:
Why use ‘to hearing’ and not ‘to hear’?

Thanks in advance,

[Kitosdad]

Good morning Rosario.

The normal closing is :- "Hope to hear from you soon."
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[Rosario]

Thank you Kitosdad,

I always found 'to hearing' at the end in formal letter from institution and application letter for job.

[Alan]

Hi Rosario,

Probably you saw - 'Look forward to hearing from you ..' which is fine.

Alan
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[Cahayatek]

I agree with Alan. See my answer to another member asking for the difference between LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING and LOOK FORWARD TO HEAR.

Warm regards,
Cahayatek from Indonesia

[Rosario]

Hello Alan,

Yes, Look forward to hearing from you.

Why use to hearing and not to hear?

[Nanucbe]

I Look forward to ........what? A noun is required. Don't add this 'to' to hear too. This end 'to' is a particle attached to 'look forward to'. To complete this you need a noun or a phrase which can act as a noun. You can not write 'Look forward to to hear from you" which will sound absurd.'hear is an infinitive verb. But here what is required is a noun or a sort of name for an action. So 'hearing from you'. E.G.:We are looking forward to seeing you again. I'm looking forward to the weekend. (OxfordAdLD) This "looking forwrd' is used in the progressive form just to stress on the 'waiting' or show the eagerness with which one expcts to find himself in such a situation. So companies writing like this to their customers or clients is no wonder. best of luck, nanucbe.

[Rosario]

Thanks a lot Nanucbe.

[Hanifasmm]

Mr. Nanucbe,
According to your argument,
"I’m waiting to hearing from you soon." is OK.
Am I correct or not?
Please confirm.
Thanks a lot,
Er.S.M.M.Hanifa

[Nanucbe]

"I’m waiting to hearing from you soon." is OK.
not OK.
In 'waiting to hearing' the 'to' does not form part of and is not a particle attahed to 'wait'. It is there to make that hear an infinitve.
So only "I’m waiting to hear from you soon." is OK.
best of luck, nanucbe