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I'm looking forward to hear from you, is this correct.

what is the difference between " I 'm looking forward to hearing from you"

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@petercinv,

"Looking forward to hear from you" is not correct. "Looking forward" is used with the "-ing" form of a verb. It is not used with the "to" form.

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@contrex,

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It is not used with the "to" form.

I'm sure you're quite right Con, but what's the "It" here

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@dalehileman,

dalehileman wrote:

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It is not used with the "to" form.
I'm sure you're quite right Con, but what's the "It" here

The phrase "looking forward", mentioned nine words earlier.

"Looking forward" is used with the "-ing" form of a verb. It is not used with the "to" form.

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@contrex,

I think they are both correct, and they mean the same thing. I agree that the -ing form is a little more common.

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@maxdancona,

maxdancona wrote:

I think they are both correct, and they mean the same thing. I agree that the -ing form is a little more common.

Nope.

Look forward to

from English Grammar Today © Cambridge University Press.

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 the holidays.

A: Are you excited about your trip to South America?
B: Yes, I’m looking forward to it.

We’re looking forward to going to Switzerland next month.

Not: … looking forward to go to Switzerland …

If the second verb has a different subject, we use the object form of the pronoun, not the subject form:

We’re looking forward to him arriving next week.

Not: We’re looking forward to he arriving next week.

We also use look forward to at the end of formal letters and formal emails to say that we hope to hear from someone or expect that something will happen. We use the present simple form:

I look forward to your reply.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

We look forward to receiving payment for the services detailed above.

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@contrex,

thank you. very detail, thanks for the effort

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