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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
Reason for different pronunciations of lieutenant As to why present day usage is as it is: People can be contrary It's possible the US adopted "Loo" because and only because the Brits said "Lef" -- or vice-versa But it seems the answer is not known by the best scholars Oxford can produce
Origin of fag (meaning a cigarette in British English) According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, it comes from "fag", meaning a loose piece of cloth: fag (n 1) Look up fag at Dictionary com British slang for "cigarette" (originally, especially, the butt of a smoked cigarette), 1888, probably from fag "loose piece, last remnant of cloth" (late 14c , as in fag-end "extreme end, loose piece," 1610s), which perhaps is related to fag (v ), which
Why was Spook a slur used to refer to African Americans? What I don't understand is why Spook seems to also mean 'ghost' in German Did the Americans call them spooks because the Germans did? If so, why did the Germans call them that? Or, if the Germans called them that because Americans called them spooks, then why did the Americans call them that?
indefinite articles - Is it a usual or an usual? Why? - English . . . An hour is correct, because hour starts with a vowel sound People seem to ask most often about words that start with the letters h and u because sometimes these words start with vowel sounds and sometimes they start with consonant sounds
How does pussy come to mean coward? Stack Exchange Network Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers
Does pro- always precede pre- in a sequence? If so, why? Why does power drop occur when the buzzer is activated? What is the grammar of が after an い-adjective? Has the Silver Surfer's clothing (or lack thereof) ever been addressed in the comics?
Where does the use of why as an interjection come from? Why no, no more then reason The OED doesn't explain why it is used in that manner I can only speculate First it was just a question expressing doubt reduced to its essence: It is best that we negotiate a truce with Spain — Why is that so? I believe the Spanish armies cannot threaten us They will fail in their attempt to conquer England
As to why or of why - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Stack Exchange Network Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers
etymology - Philippines vs. Filipino - English Language Usage . . . As to why, there's this answer: English never had a suitable equivalent for Filipino – a “Philippine,” “Philippian” or “Philippinian” probably just didn’t sound right, so English adopted the Spanish word Filipino, retaining the letter F and the suffix, “ino "