http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3615.39139)http://www.englishforums.com/English/HeresLookingAtYouKid/vbgrn/post.htm#668309Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:15:25 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:668309Anonymous0http://www.englishforums.com/English/HeresLookingAtYouKid/vbgrn/post.htm#668309http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-668309.xml=Here is (my) looking at you, kid!http://www.englishforums.com/English/HeresLookingAtYouKid/vbgrn/post.htm#341623Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:40:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:341623If Winter Comes1http://www.englishforums.com/English/HeresLookingAtYouKid/vbgrn/post.htm#341623http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-341623.xmlThank you for your reply. I was just a bit curious. Language is language. So, sometimes, perhaps, it would be better not to look into too much and accept what they are.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HeresLookingAtYouKid/vbgrn/post.htm#340951Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:40:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:340951Philip2http://www.englishforums.com/English/HeresLookingAtYouKid/vbgrn/post.htm#340951http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-340951.xmlGrammar Geek wrote: Neither. Don't try to read too much into this one. It's just "Good luck to you and your future endeavors." If he had said "So long and good luck, sweetheart" it would have had roughtly the same meaning, but not been nearly as quoteable. I agree. It's just a toast, with or without an alcoholic beverage. It's still common: here's to you / here's lookin' at you. Even "here's to/lookin' at us".http://www.englishforums.com/English/HeresLookingAtYouKid/vbgrn/post.htm#340837Mon, 25 May 2009 02:40:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:340837Grammar Geek3http://www.englishforums.com/English/HeresLookingAtYouKid/vbgrn/post.htm#340837http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-340837.xmlNeither. Don't try to read too much into this one. It's just "Good luck to you and your future endeavors." If he had said "So long and good luck, sweetheart" it would have had roughtly the same meaning, but not been nearly as quoteable.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HeresLookingAtYouKid/vbgrn/post.htm#340788Mon, 25 May 2009 02:40:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:340788Believer4http://www.englishforums.com/English/HeresLookingAtYouKid/vbgrn/post.htm#340788http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-340788.xmlHi, I would take a chance and say that this could be an elliptical construction, which meant to be "The one here (i.e., "I") is looking at you, Kid." Although I don't like this as much as the one above, I think this also could be "Here is (all of us who are) looking at you, Kid" -- another elliptical construction.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HeresLookingAtYouKid/vbgrn/post.htmSun, 25 Jan 2009 03:40:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:340744If Winter Comes5http://www.englishforums.com/English/HeresLookingAtYouKid/vbgrn/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-340744.xmlI know that a famous line "Here's looking at you, kid." is from the 1942 film Casablanca. My question is the intepretation of this well-known phrase. What would be the grammatical construction of this phrase? Is it supposed to be interpreted as; "Here is to looking at you, kid.", meaning I WANT TO TOAST FOR THE FACT THAT I AM LOOKING AT YOU. or, "Here is to I who is looking at you, kid.", meaning I WANT TO TOAST FOR ME WHO IS LOOKING AT YOU. Why there is no "to" after "Here's"? Is it ommitted? Can anybody, please, answer my question?