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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
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
Meaning and correct use of as to why When used in "as to why, how whether" etc , it is often better to drop "as to" and simply use why, how, whether For example, I don't understand as to why you are going there I don't know as to how to drive a bike I don't know as to whether you'd like it should simply be I don't understand why you are going there I don't know how to drive
grammar - Is For why improper English? - English Language Usage . . . "For why" (also hyphenated or written as one word) meaning "why" as a direct interrogative was used in Old and Middle English (see the MED's entry), but it became obsolete sometime around the year 1500 Other senses of the expression (for example, it was used as a conjunction meaning "because") gradually over time all dropped out of use, so the
grammaticality - Is it incorrect to say, Why cannot. . . . ? - English . . . There are also many examples of "Why we cannot", but they are not interrogatives JForrest explains that 'cannot' is the negative form of 'can', and so 'cannot' should be placed in the same location as 'can' would be in a sentence Since we can say "Why can we grow taller?", "Why cannot we grow taller?" is a logical and properly written negative
What is the origin formal definitions of the phrase pros and cons . . . When trying to explain to someone else why only actions (and not objects or people's reasons for doing things) have pros and cons [e g there are no pros or cons for grass; there are pros and cons for having grass], I realized that I have no idea why this seems to be the rule
history - If the letter J is only 400–500 years old, was there a J . . . Why that happens is a little complicated, and requires unpacking some assumptions in your question In the original languages (Latin, Greek, Hebrew) which provide us with the names Jesus, Joseph, Justinian, etc , the sound which we write as J was pronounced as the English letter Y
grammar - Do you need the “why” in “Thats the reason why”? - English . . . The reason (why) that perception is correct is that why is a rather special relative pronoun Indeed, it's a pronoun that can only refer to one word: reason Try it with anything else and you get garbage: the reason why he did it *the cause why he did it *the intention why he did it *the effect why he did it *the thing why he did it
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
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"