Thank 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.

I 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

Thank you very much for your prompt and precise explanation. English is indeed a language of logic, isn't it?

I sometimes have a difficulty in using nouns in terms of the notion of "number". In the following two sentences, which the native speakers of English would usually use? If both sentences are commonly used, what would be the difference in

Thank you again for your rational explanation. I think I got it right now.

Thank you for your prompt and logical explanation. "To see the scene, I was convinced that I was wrong." Can we interpret the sentence above as "inversion" form of "I was convinced that I was wrong to see the scene" to emphasize the

Is the following sentence grammatically correct in the sense of the usage of infinitive "to" " To see the scene, I was shocked." meaning, When I saw the scene, I was shocked. I understand, usually in this type of sentence, we are

Thank you for your kind information.

We know the word "Americanize" is used in the sense that "to absorb or assimilate into American culture". But I wonder if there are such English words to refer to other countries, namely China, Germany, France and Italy. For example, can we

Can anyone tell me the difference between "as a result" and "as a result of..." in terms of usage? Can we say; "What happened to the house as a result?", meaning "What happened to the house in the end?"