"Why ...?" vs. "Why is it that ... ?" - English Language & Usage Stack ...
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 …
grammaticality - Is starting your sentence with “Which is why ...
2022年7月1日 · Is starting your sentence with “Which is why...” grammatically correct? …our brain is still busy processing all the information coming from the phones. Which is why it is …
Why don't most sources classify "when", "where", and "why" as …
Because where, when, and why have very limited use as relative pronouns. They are most common in headless relative clauses (or disjunctive embedded question complement clauses, …
Do you need the “why” in “That's the reason why”? [duplicate]
Relative why can be freely substituted with that, like any restrictive relative marker. I.e, substituting that for why in the sentences above produces exactly the same pattern of …
grammaticality - Is it incorrect to say, "Why cannot....?" - English ...
2011年12月2日 · Since we can say "Why can we grow taller?", "Why cannot we grow taller?" is a logical and properly written negative. We don't say "Why we can grow taller?" so the construct …
etymology - "Philippines" vs. "Filipino" - English Language
2011年11月22日 · 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 …
Can "why" be a conjunction? - English Language & Usage Stack …
2018年11月27日 · Why is a just a rather odd wh -word. Its distribution is very limited -- it can only have the word reason as its antecedent, and since it's never the subject it's always deletable. …
What does "why yes" mean? - English Language & Usage Stack …
A. Why [would you think it would be any less than awesome?], yes of course. or perhaps A. Why [would I even need to be thanked for something I'm happy to do], yes, of course. Don't take …
Why are the United States often referred to as America?
2010年11月16日 · 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. …
etymology - Why do we call our lovers "baby"? - English Language ...
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