expect or wait for your email
Scenario

My teacher is telling me : I have to send an email to you telling you the details of the following homework you have to do,

And i want to tell him: ok, I will be expecting it / waiting for it ????

Dont know what my answer should be. what would you say?

Thank you

Question

expect or wait for your email
Scenario

My teacher is telling me : I have to send an email to you  telling you  the details of the following  homework you have to do,

And i want to tell him: ok, I will be expecting it / waiting for it  ????

Dont know what my answer should be.  what would you say?

Thank you

Answer

"Expecting it" is more polite.

"Expecting it" means that you know that you will be getting an email and you ought to check for email in a few hours.

"Waiting for it" suggests you will not be doing anything else, you will just be sitting at your computer, doing nothing else--just waiting, waiting, waiting for the very instant it comes.

Answer

I think that either response would be correct, in reality. Personally, I would chose "I will be expecting it", but you could use either one!

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