Grammaticality – Is ‘Looking Forward to Being’ Correct?

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In order to convey excitement to being a part of a team, which one would you use?

I’m so looking forward to be a part of [team name] that I can barely sleep.

or

I’m so looking forward to being a part of [team name] that I can barely sleep.

Is any of these correct? If not, what would be the proper way of conveying this?

Best Answer

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.

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