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- Why . . . ? vs. Why is it that . . . ? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
Why not: I don't know why, but it seems to me Bob would sound a bit strange if he said, "Why is it that you have to get going?" Eliminating 'that' before 'Bob' would seem to be more in context with the criticism of the way Bob sounds This beside the point that "Why do you have to get going?" is more direct
- What do we call the “rd” in “3ʳᵈ” and the “th” in “9ᵗʰ”?
@WS2 In speech, very nearly always In writing, much less so I think what may be going on is that one just assumes that “June 1” is pronounced “June First”, or “4 July” as “the Fourth of July”
- Contextual difference between That is why vs Which is why?
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?
See also Why Does ZZZ mean sleep? for another theory: The reason zzz came into being is that the comic strip artists just couldn’t represent sleeping with much As the sounds made while sleeping are quite difficult to represent with letters, the artists chose zzz, because it best represents the sound
- Why it is vs Why is it - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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? When that form is put into what is called indirect speech, it becomes: Please tell me why the sky is blue Please tell me why children require so much attention
- 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 But it is a question of style Read: personal preference
- How does pussy come to mean coward?
Why do some clinical studies report statistically significant results with small sample sizes? Verifying a quote attributed to Boris Pasternak Blender 4 4 3: Render preview lighting and rendered image lighting looks different
- etymology - Where does the term Smurfing come from? - English . . .
Hugo, normally I would say "why such a long answer for a definition that can be given in a few words, and maybe one link to any of the very many long explanations of the etymology of this on the web" That's what I would normally say
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