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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
- Why it is vs Why is it - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The question: "Why is [etc ]" is a question form in English: Why is the sky blue? Why is it that children require so much attention? Why is it [or some thing] like that? When that form is put into what is called indirect speech, it becomes: Please tell me why the sky is blue Please tell me why children require so much attention
- 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
- pronunciation - Why is colonel pronounced kernel? - English . . .
Why does the word colonel (as in military rank) have such a strange spelling compared to how it's
- Do you need the “why” in “Thats the reason why”? [duplicate]
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
- Origin of Why, hello there [duplicate] - English Language Usage . . .
a1616 Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona ɪɪɪ (1623) ɪ i 33 If hap'ly won, perhaps a haplesse gaine, If lost, why then a grieuous labour won 1647 A Cowley Request in Mistress iii, If her chill heart I cannot move, Why, I'le enjoy the very Love 1719 Swift Quiet Life in Wks (1735) II 351 Why Dick, thy Wife has dev'lish whims
- etymology - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Why is the k silent in: known nəʊn ; knife nʌɪf , and knight nʌɪt ? What does this specify?And what is k doing there if there is no need to pronounce it?
- Whats the proper way to handwrite a lowercase letter A?
But why are there two different As? Back in ye olde days there were many ways to write a lower-case A (The same went for other letters, for example þ was later written "y", hence "ye olde days" ) After a while there were two emerging winners: a and ɑ One won the handwriting competition, and the other won the printing competition
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