look forward to – English Grammar Profiler

In the English Grammar Profile, A2 point 13 in the category of VERBS/phrasal-prepositional is defined as:

‘look forward to’ as a fixed expression followed by an ‘-ing’ form or noun phrase, usually at the end of correspondence.

However, the English Vocabulary Profile lists this at:

B1 to feel happy and excited about something that is going to happen
B2 FORMAL – used at the end of a formal letter to say you hope to hear from or see someone soon, or that you expect something from them

Expert example:

Ruby, I look forward to this. We all do.

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PELIC STUDENT EXAMPLE:

I am looking forward to getting your letter.

Japanese female, level 3 writing class.

A search in iWeb for:

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1 LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH 19046

I look forward to working with everyone around the world to see that happen.

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2 LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU 10335 3 LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM 8571 4 LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH 5754 5 LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. 5698 6 LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT 4880 7 LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO 3789 8 LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING YOU 3364 9 LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING YOU 3342 10 LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT 2845 11 LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT 2811 12 LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE 2765 13 LOOK FORWARD TO . 2519 14 LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE 2445 15 LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING YOU 2319 16 LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT 2288 17 LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HOW 2179 18 LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING YOU 1956 19 LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU 1956 20 LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY 1788 21 LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM 1681 22 LOOKING FORWARD TO IT , 1604 23 LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEW 1588 24 LOOKS FORWARD TO WORKING WITH 1512 25 LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE 1504 26 LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING CLOSELY 1499 27 LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW 1402 28 LOOK FORWARD TO READING YOUR 1383 29 LOOK FORWARD TO IT . 1357 30 LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR NEXT 1333 31 LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK 1296 32 LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE 1284 33 LOOK FORWARD TO READING MORE 1256 34 LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR 1246 35 LOOKING FORWARD TO IT ! 1215 36 LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING MORE 1199 37 LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR 1158 38 LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY 1156 39 LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER 1150 40 LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CHALLENGE 1118 41 LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING TO 1103 42 LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT 1094 43 LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU 1087 44 LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DAY 1069 45 LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING MORE 1002 46 LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE 979 47 LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR 975 48 LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR 973 49 LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE 949 50 LOOK FORWARD TO SPEAKING WITH 932 51 LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT . 929 52 LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING YOU 910 53 LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR NEXT 908 54 LOOK FORWARD TO A LONG 903 55 LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING TO 886 56 LOOKING FORWARD TO MY NEXT 886

57 LOOKING FORWARD TO TRYING THIS 882

58 LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING A 876 59 LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR 874 60 LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE 828 61 LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH 821 62 LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING YOUR 795 63 LOOKING FORWARD TO READING MORE 770 64 LOOK FORWARD TO ASSISTING YOU 768 65 LOOK FORWARD TO BUILDING ON 752 66 LOOKING FORWARD TO. 740

67 LOOKING FORWARD TO TRYING IT 724

68 LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR NEXT 721 69 LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE 716 70 LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING ABLE 716 71 LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS. 708 72 LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT 704 73 LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MOST 702 74 LOOK FORWARD TO DOING BUSINESS 701 75 LOOK FORWARD TO BEING A 699 76 LOOKING FORWARD TO THE REST 683 77 LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEW 681 78 LOOKING FORWARD TO RETURNING TO 678 79 LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING BACK 670 80 LOOKING FORWARD TO A NEW 663 81 LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS ONE 649 82 LOOKING FORWARD TO USING IT 646 83 LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH 643 84 LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING A 642 85 LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY 640 86 LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THIS 634 87 LOOK FORWARD TO A GREAT 626 88 LOOK FORWARD TO GOING TO 621

89 LOOKING FORWARD TO TRYING OUT 621

90 LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE 618 91 LOOKING FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE 605 92 LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING IT 598 93 LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THEM 591 94 LOOKING FORWARD TO MANY MORE 571 95 LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR RESPONSE 568 96 LOOK FORWARD TO MY NEXT 564 97 LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE 559 98 LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING TO 559 99 LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IT 555

100 LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO 553

1 . I LOOK FORWARD TO 37697 2 . WE LOOK FORWARD TO 36814 3 I ‘M LOOKING FORWARD TO 26310 4 I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO 23121 5 AND I LOOK FORWARD TO 21960 6 AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO 21334 7 WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO 14002 8 ” WE LOOK FORWARD TO 8861 9 WE’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO 8314 10 WE LOOK FORWARD TO 8294 11 I LOOK FORWARD TO 8112 12 , I LOOK FORWARD TO 6579 13 , WE LOOK FORWARD TO 5981 14 ” I LOOK FORWARD TO 5742 15 ‘M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO 5692 16 , AND LOOK FORWARD TO 5664 17 SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO 5632 18 I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO 5346 19 . I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO 5315 20 VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO 4648 21 ! I LOOK FORWARD TO 4438 22 YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO 4356 23 AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO 4048

24 . LOOKING FORWARD TO 3540

26 AND AM LOOKING FORWARD TO 3235 27 AND IM LOOKING FORWARD TO 3089 28 ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO 3037 29 ! WE LOOK FORWARD TO 2925 30 I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO 2790 31 AND ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO 2779 32 WAS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO 2712 33 AND IS LOOKING FORWARD TO 2506 34 HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO 2183 35 WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO 1993 36 HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO 1813 37 – WE LOOK FORWARD TO 1774

38 ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO 1708

40 I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO 1677
41 HE ‘S LOOKING FORWARD TO 1557

43 VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO 1441 44 HAVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO 1419 45 WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO 1414 46 HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO 1406 47 SHE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO 1393 48 YOU MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO 1355 49 AND WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO 1308 50 YOU ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO 1296 51 – I LOOK FORWARD TO 1285 52 . WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO 1190 53 LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO 1186 54 AM SO LOOKING FORWARD TO 1179 55 ‘VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO 1147 56 , AND LOOKING FORWARD TO 1097 57 SO I LOOK FORWARD TO 1069 58 THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO 1059 59 BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO 1042 60 WE ALL LOOK FORWARD TO 1033 61 ‘RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO 1029 62 AND WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO 1026 63 AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO 1008 64 MUCH TO LOOK FORWARD TO 973 65 HAD BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO 963

66 THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO 951

69 . REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO 910 70 ARE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO 881 71 THEY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO 872

72 YOU ‘RE LOOKING FORWARD TO 867

74 I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO 806

76 SHE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO 780 77 CAN ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO 779 78 WE WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO 774 79 WERE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO 771 80 , AND LOOKS FORWARD TO 756 81 . LOOK FORWARD TO 693 82 . SHE LOOKS FORWARD TO 685 83 I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO 683 84 SHE ‘S LOOKING FORWARD TO 678 85 ‘M NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO 658 86 WAS SO LOOKING FORWARD TO 644 87 I ACTUALLY LOOK FORWARD TO 636

88 AM NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO 634

90 , IS LOOKING FORWARD TO 616

92 SOMETHING I LOOK FORWARD TO 592 93 . HE LOOKS FORWARD TO 588

94 ‘LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO 580

96 ARE ALREADY LOOKING FORWARD TO 566 97 I’LL LOOK FORWARD TO 556 98 I DO LOOK FORWARD TO 555 99 AM ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO 554

100 FANS CAN LOOK FORWARD TO 550

A2:

able, actually, already, building, fans, future, most, out, receiving, rest, returning, serving, so, trying

B1:

challenge, continuing, forward, opportunity, welcoming

B2:

assisting, closely, response

EXPERT EXAMPLE:

Seor Richards is looking forward to finishing the season strong with his teammates and,

more importantly, his students, before considering his future on the gridiron.

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