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- 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 . . . ? vs. Why is it that . . . ? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
11 Why is it that everybody wants to help me whenever I need someone's help? Why does everybody want to help me whenever I need someone's help? Can you please explain to me the difference in meaning between these two questions? I don't see it
- etymology - Philippines vs. Filipino - English Language Usage . . .
Why is Filipino spelled with an F? Philippines is spelled with a Ph Some have said that it's because in Filipino, Philippines starts with F; but if this is so, why did we only change the beginning
- Is Why to. . . . . . grammatical? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Unlike how, what, who, where, and probably other interrogatives, why does not normally take to before its infinitive: “Why use page-level permissions” would be the expected form “This section tells you why to use page-level permissions” is also not grammatical to me I wonder if this is dialectal, or perhaps just individual
- Why are the United States often referred to as America?
Why would it be strange to shorten this? It is common to shorten the official name of a country — most people don't even know the official names for the various countries For example, the official name of Mexico is "los Estados Unidos Mexicanos", which means "the Mexican United States"; nobody is surprised that it is referred to as "Mexico"
- 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
- grammaticality - Is it incorrect to say, Why cannot. . . . ? - English . . .
Since we can say "Why can we grow taller?", "Why cannot we grow taller?" is a logical and properly written negative We don't say "Why we can grow taller?" so the construct should not be "Why we cannot grow taller?" The reason is that auxiliaries should come before the subject to make an interrogative
- Why is c*nt so much more derogatory in the US than the UK?
Why is 'c*nt' so much more derogatory in the US than the UK? Ask Question Asked 14 years, 6 months ago Modified 8 years, 11 months ago
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