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- 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
- 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 it is vs Why is it - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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?
- 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
- How did the letter Z come to be associated with sleeping snoring?
"How and when did the letter Z become to be associated with sleeping?" First of all, zzzz (or z-z-z-z) is sound of snoring, from at least 1918 (Sometimes "a tiny saw cutting through a log" [1948] would be used, and both the snore and saw would make the same z-z-z-z sound ) Over time, this became associated with sleep in general, but most comic reference books (e g 2006's KA-BOOM! A
- How do you handle that that? The double that problem
The rules of English grammar are the very reason why such "strange things" happen in the first place Now, whether or not you actually end up using a double "that" or rewording it, is a different question
- What is the difference between 20$ and $20? [closed]
1 Why all the overcomplication? The difference is that, in English, $20 is the correct way to use the dollar sign, while 20$ is an incorrect way to use the dollar sign That's all there is to it Other languages and currencies are irrelevant to the question
- How does pussy come to mean coward?
The word pussy is often used to mean "coward" This guy is a pussy and I am wondering why How are woman's genitals related to being a "coward"?
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