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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
- As to why or of why - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Which one is correct and used universally? I don’t owe you an explanation as to why I knocked the glass over I don’t owe you an explanation of why I knocked the glass over Is one used more than
- 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
- 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
- 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?
- writing - Why are numbers sometimes spelled out and then numerals . . .
Why are numbers sometimes spelled out and then numerals specified as well? [closed] Ask Question Asked 14 years, 3 months ago Modified 12 years, 9 months ago
- 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"
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