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, …
"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 …
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 …
Politely asking "Why is this taking so long??"
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Why is a woman a "widow" and a man a "widower"?
2011年4月14日 · I suspect because the phrase was only needed for women and widower is a much later literary invention. Widow had a lot of legal implications for property, titles and so on. …
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 …
indefinite articles - Is it 'a usual' or 'an usual'? Why? - English ...
As Jimi Oke points out, it doesn't matter what letter the word starts with, but what sound it starts with. Since "usual" starts with a 'y' sound, it should take 'a' instead of 'an'. Also, If you say …
Why do we say GBP instead of UKP? - English Language & Usage …
2017年9月7日 · "We don't "say" GBP": many people do, actually, at least in contexts where one normally uses ISO codes. "British citizen" is the statutory name of citizenship of the UK, so it's …
meaning - Pipe invert and obvert: Why is it called invert? - English ...
2017年4月8日 · In civil engineering, the words invert and obvert are used in the context of pipe elevations. I gather that invert means: interior bottom elevation of pipe, and obvert means: …
writing - Why are numbers sometimes spelled out and then …
Why are numbers sometimes spelled out and then numerals specified as well? [closed] Ask Question Asked 14 years, 5 months ago Modified 13 years ago