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Use of Heres before a plural noun noun phrase In certain languages everyday use of the language supersedes documented grammatical structures, which in turn allows a language to grow and live I haven't read ever "here is the potatoes" but I have read "here's the potatoes" and "here are the potatoes" It is my gut feeling, that people is more permissive of the contraction, than the actual "is" word spelled out completely, and that was what
Heres looking at you, kid meaning? In more detail, Here's [to] because it's a toast Was this phrase a common American expression at the time? Why looking? Is it simply part of a common phrase or does it refer to looking at her as looking at a woman? Can you give me examples of similar (or the same) phrase, in context? Is the meaning unambiguous to native speakers or is there room for interpretation?
Singular Plural: Heres or Herere - English Language Usage Stack . . . Possible duplicate of Use of "Here's" before a plural noun noun phrase See also using the contraction 're Notionally singular coordinate subjects complements (eg 'Where is the fish and chips you promised?') are discussed elsewhere
etymology - English Language Usage Stack Exchange The toast was popular enough in the US in 1917 to inspire this little ditty in prohibitionist literature From Temperance: A Monthly Journal of the Church Temperance Society, Volume 9 (Vol IX No 5, January 1917) Here's how To wreck a fine career, To make all pleasure cost you dear, To fill each day with grief and fear! Here's how To lead a useless life, To break the hear of child or wife
What is being toasted by Heres looking at you? Some time ago, a question has been asked here about the meaning of the famous toast from the movie Casablanca: ‘Here's looking at you, kid’ Several answers have been posted to it, including a very
Here is my two cents vs Here are my two cents? In BrE (not completely certain about AmE), it should be is because "two cents" is semantically a singular element - effectively it's short for my contribution (which is worth two cents)