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'I am looking forward' is less formal. You would rarely say to a friend on the phone 'I look forward to visiting you next week.' You would say: I'm looking forward to visiting you next week. I'm not sure why others here have suggested this is wrong. You wouldn't say 'I run towards the train station!', you'd say 'I am running towards the train ...
Forwards is a variant spelling of the adverb (not the adjective) forward. (e.g., We moved forward/forwards in the forward [not forwards] compartment.) Towards is a variant spelling of toward. Use whichever sounds better to you, but be consistent. However, in the case of look forward to, this is an phrasal verb. It is never written with forwards:
May 23, 2014 · Your wording of "I'll be looking forward to helping" is okay. Most sentences can be worded various ways. For its intended purpose, I think yours is fine. I would expect the sentence to have the pronoun you: "I'll be looking forward to helping you." However, that was not your question. It should be clear to him that you are interested.
Jul 3, 2018 · JDOe. 11 1 1 2. Yes, Ash is correct. You'll want "interviewing" for both sentences. And, if I may, as a stylistic matter I would remove "with" and just leave "interviewing." Unless, of course, you mean to say "I am looking forward to being interviewed by your company." I don't think that is the case, though. – user305707.
Aug 2, 2015 · I'm looking forward to receiving a letter from my penpal. - in this case, to is not a marker of an infinitive but part of the combination "to look forward to". Share Improve this answer
7. The key to understanding this usage is the preposition “to” which comes after the expression “look forward:”. Look forward to something means to be pleased or excited that it is going to happen. The ‘to’ in look forward to is a preposition, so we must follow it by a noun phrase or a verb in the -ing form: I’m looking forward to ...
Oct 11, 2018 · Looking forward is always followed by the +ing (gerund). A simple way to check this is to ask it in a question: "What are you looking forward to?" ...being part of the team. I think if this were rephrased as, "I'm looking forward to being part of the team so much that I can barely sleep", might sound a bit more natural.
I'm looking forward to September. This tends to mean that you are anticipating a good and/or enjoyable experience in (or beginning in) September. You may or may not be making plans or arrangements for the future event, but you are 'excited' about it. I'm looking toward September.
Nov 2, 2021 · On its own "looking forward" would, colloquially, mean "in the future" or "with reference to the future", e.g. "Looking forward, the economy will fall before it rises." – Greybeard Commented Nov 2, 2021 at 11:56
Feb 6, 2014 · The to is part of the action. To can also be a preposition, a word that demonstrates a relationship with something. Here that something is "seeing the Rocky Mountains", it's what Sam is looking forward to — seeing is a thing, it is a noun. By the way, the M in "Rocky Mountains" should be capitalized, it's part of the place name.
