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- Why . . . ? vs. Why is it that . . . ? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
I don't know why, but it seems to me that Bob would sound a bit strange if he said, "Why is it that you have to get going?" in that situation
- Contextual difference between That is why vs Which is why?
Thus we say: You never know, which is why but You never know That is why And goes on to explain: There is a subtle but important difference between the use of that and which in a sentence, and it has to do primarily with relevance Grammarians often use the terms "restrictive" and "non-restrictive" when it comes to relative clauses
- Where does the use of why as an interjection come from?
"why" can be compared to an old Latin form qui, an ablative form, meaning how Today "why" is used as a question word to ask the reason or purpose of something
- Why it is vs Why is it - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
8 1) Please tell me why is it like that [grammatically incorrect unless the punctuation is changed Please tell me: Why is it like that? The question: "Why is [etc ]" is a question form in English: Why is the sky blue? Why is it that children require so much attention? Why is it [or some thing] like that?
- Is Why to. . . . . . grammatical? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
It’s a headline, first of all, where some grammatical rules are different anyway So this is not a sentence, but a noun phrase: (This section tells you) why to use page-level permissions That is, it tells you why you should use them “Why to…” and “why not to…” are very common in headings to encourage or discourage the reader, respectively The heading could just as well be
- why oh why or why, oh why? [closed] - English Language Usage . . .
With no sources or even explanations as to why you consider the second correctly punctuated (and presumably thus the first incorrectly punctuated), this seems more like just stating an opinion than giving an actual, factual answer
- Why not? vs. Why not. - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
My question is: is there flexibility in how one can punctuate the phrase "Why not?" The answer may seem obvious at first it is a question after all However, it's also a common idiom, and I am
- Do you need the “why” in “Thats the reason why”? [duplicate]
Good explanation of why it's optional in this case, although I'm not convinced that reason is the only reasonable antecedent of why For example, the explanation why is a common usage, and I don't think you can freely substitute that in that case either (Perhaps it's already a contraction of the explanation of why?)
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