was typing / had been typing

wrt stands for 'with respect to".

As to which is correct, both are. The more likely choice, to my mind is, the past perfect form. The context and the social register would be determining factors.

Many thanks, JTT.

The context: A person [the "I" in the sentence ] wanted to read another's posters comments/analysis of the debate and referenced a certain posting number.

This thought, "looking forward to ...", was formed [by 'I'] before the posting was made.



"I" could also have written it using the past continuous/progressive;

I was looking forward to your analysis of the debate.

To my mind the use of the past perfect progressive/continuous shows a greater degree of importance, or a greater degree of formality, or, possibly, in this case, the use of this form as a form of feigned importance, a sarcastic response.

and your first mistake was ...

I would be interested to hear your take on the language issue, ehBeth.

I figured as much, ehSeth.