I'm looking forward to hearing from you vs I look forward...

[Mohammed Mubarak]

i hope short answer< about my photo on internet and all relating around?

[MariaEbb]

I made a few searches on Altavista.
Look forward hearing from you. 37500 matches.

Look forward to hear from you. 232 000 matches.

Looking forward to hearing from you. 2610 000 matches.

Looking forward to hear from you. 464 000 matches.
Maybe this results had changed tomorrow.
/Maria

[Kitosdad]

"looking forward to the pleasure of hearing from you."
I am, your obedient servant,
Joe Black.

Nothing wrong with it, as far as I know.

Daniel, this used to be the formal reply used in England for many years, especially in reply to correspondence from the Inland Revenue.Always good for a laugh.

Kitos.
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[Cahayatek]

Search Engine is used by people around the world that use internet no matter which country they are from.

Grammatically, LOOK FORWARD TO should be followed with NOUNS or GERUNDS (VERBS+ING). The meaning is WAITING WITH PLEASURE.

So, (in my opinion) conventionally, one should use: ... LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU or ... LOOK FORWARD TO THE CHANCE OF HEARING FROM YOU etc.

Warm regards,
Cahayatek from Indonesia

[Natasha81]

As far as I know, both variants " I'm looking forward to hearing from you" and "I look forward to hearing from you" are pretty much the same. As it was mentioned before, "I'm looking forward" is less formal and a bit warmer than "I look forward to". It is just like " I wonder" and "I'm wondering". "To look forward to" is to be followed by a gerund or a noun.

[Nanucbe]

Why use ‘to hearing’ and not ‘to hear’? This is also very much connected to this discussion. best of luck, nanucbe

[MariaEbb]

Sorry I forgot the phrase "Look forward hearing from you" 37600 matches.
Maria

[Amin Adam Hamid]

[Amin Adam Hamid]

Iam looking forward to hearing from you is more sensible than the other

AMI ADAM HAMID