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Bookmark or Share- "Look at" vs "Look on" - English Language Learners Stack ExchangeLooking at something can often mean little more than "allowing your gaze to rest on something, with no clear purpose or special concentration". As @StoneyB comments, to look on is normally only used to mean either to stand by (idly) and watch something, or to have an opinion about something (to look on X as Y). Neither of which apply here.
- Is "look forward for" a correct phrase? - English Language Learners ...It's awkward but I did locate some uses of "for" following "forward" where forward is used as the adverb "in front of". One example, "I am looking behind me for the police and looking forward for traffic problems". However, it was noted that "ahead of" would be perhaps a better word to use in that sentence as opposed to "forward".
- Looking forward to see you vs Looking forward to seeing you?I was looking forward to this weekend, but I got sick. So in this case, you have to use a gerund, the noun form of a verb following forward to. In English, the gerund is identical to the present progressive, so you get sentences like. I look forward to seeing you. I look forward to meeting you. I'm looking forward to dogsledding this winter.
- difference - You look good vs You are looking good - English Language ...How am I looking? Both are grammatical and fine to use in conversation. I use "looking good" when I'm encouraging someone to keep doing whatever it is they're doing. For example, "You're looking good! The time you're spending at the gym is making a difference." or "You're looking good in the ring Ali, just watch out for Frazier's left hook."
- At or in the mirror? - English Language Learners Stack ExchangeIn would be used when you are looking at something in the mirror, i.e., you are looking at the reflection. For example: He looked in the mirror to check out the haircut. At would be used if you are looking at the mirror itself or the fixture around the mirror, e.g., the mirror frame or the quality of the glass, and not at the reflection. For ...
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