"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 …
Where does the use of "why" as an interjection come from?
2011年3月18日 · "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.
Contextual difference between "That is why" vs "Which is why"?
Thus we say: You never know, which is why... but You never know. That is why... And goes on to explain: There is a subtle but important difference between the use of that and which in a …
"Why it is" vs "Why is it" - English Language & Usage Stack …
2013年11月7日 · What is the difference between these two sentences: 1 ) Please tell me why is it like that. (should I put question mark at the end) 2 ) Please tell me why it is like that. (should I …
Why is ‘Earth’ often spelt with a lowercase e, even when referring …
2019年8月31日 · The question is specifically asking why earth is so often not capitalised when used as a proper noun. @tchrist There are quite a lot of proper nouns (mostly geographical) …
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 …
Is "For why" improper English? - English Language & Usage Stack …
2018年12月4日 · For why' can be idiomatic in certain contexts, but it sounds rather old-fashioned. Googling 'for why' (in quotes) I discovered that there was a single word 'forwhy' in Middle English.
What part of speech is "why" in the following example?
2018年2月12日 · In the sentence "Why is this here?", is "why" an adverb? What part of speech is "why?" I think it modifies the verb "is", so I think it is an adverb.
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, 7 months ago Modified 13 years, 1 month ago
etymology - Why did English borrow the French word …
2025年5月19日 · So 'Why did English borrow the French word "rendezvous" with its original spelling and silent letters, while many French loanwords are anglicized?' perhaps needs …