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- Difference between how and why - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The questions How? and Why? only have similar answers where the reason for something is the cause This is the case for a question like "Why is the boy so big?" — he has eaten a lot, or he has a growth hormone disorder, etc For a question pair like Why did you go to the stadium? How did you go to the stadium? the answers are quite obviously different
- 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?
- The reason why versus The reason for why: Is that for there . . .
The grass is wet because it rained last night This seems the simplest and most elegant expression of the meaning I am always suspicious of "reason (s)" and "why" being next to each other There can be reasons for things but there is usually a better way of expressing "reasons why"
- ellipses - Why is the subject omitted in sentences like Thought youd . . .
Why is the subject omitted in sentences like "Thought you'd never ask"? Ask Question Asked 13 years, 7 months ago Modified 3 years, 5 months ago
- What is the purpose of using the word why in why, thank you?
Why is used here as an interjection According to Merriam-Webster: —used to express mild surprise, hesitation, approval, disapproval, or impatience <why, here's what I was looking for> In my experience, the extra why in Why, thank you is used mainly to avoid appearing too abrupt in one's thankfulness
- Why is “bloody” considered offensive in the UK but not in the US?
As to why "Bloody" is considered obscene profane in the UK more than in the US, I think that's a reflection of a stronger Catholic presence, historically, in the UK than in the US, if we're accepting the above etymology, as Catholics venerate the Virgin to a greater extent than Protestants
- Why is pineapple in English but ananas in all other languages?
The question is: why did the English adapt the name pineapple from Spanish (which originally meant pinecone in English) while most European countries eventually adapted the name ananas, which came from the Tupi word nanas (also meaning pineapple)
- 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 This use might be explained from a formula such as "How does it come that " If you meet an old friend of yours, whom you never expected to meet in town, you can express your surprise by saying: Why, it's Jim! This why in the
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