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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
- How did the letter Z come to be associated with sleeping snoring?
Edit: Another Wikipedia page: The big Z It is a convention in American comics that the sound of a snore can be reduced to a single letter Z Thus a speech bubble with this letter standing all alone (again, drawn by hand rather than a font type) means the character is sleeping in most humorous comics This can be seen, for instance, in Charles Schulz's Peanuts comic strips Being such a long
- What do we call the “rd” in “3ʳᵈ” and the “th” in “9ᵗʰ”?
Our numbers have a specific two-letter combination that tells us how the number sounds For example 9th 3rd 301st What do we call these special sounds?
- 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
- When is it necessary to use have had?
I have come across a few sentences that contain "have had" I would like to know in what kind of situations we should use this combination
- etymology - Why is a strange person called a fruitcake? - English . . .
Fruitcake is an insulting word for someone who you think is strange or crazy (the Macmillan Dictionary) Why does the word have this meaning? What is the similarity between a strange person and a
- meaning - How is why should different from why do? - English . . .
Why should, asks what you think are aspects or POTENTIAL aspects of the career that would cause a young professional to desire it If this was a conversation as to how to increase the number of people in the field the answer could include aspects that do not currently exist While the aspect could exist in potential, it would have to be real
- Why meth-, eth-, prop-, when there is uni-,di-,tri-?
In chemistry, the homologous series for hydrocarbons uses the following prefixes: Meth- Eth- Prop- But- Pent- Hex- Hept- Oct- Why are these prefixes used, instead of just usin
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