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.

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 …

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 …

As to why I do, I really don't know. (=...but if you want to ask why I do, I don't know.) I am going for sure. As to whether Jane will go along too, you will have to ask her yourself. English is fun, as …

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 …

2018年4月29日 · My question is: is there flexibility in how one can punctuate the phrase "Why not?" The answer may seem obvious at first...it is a question after all. However, it's also a …

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. …

I know it originates from "head shrinking", but it doesn't help me a lot to understand the etymology. Why are psychiatrists called that? Is it like "my head is swollen [from anguish, …

2024年12月9日 · To have a question, you need inversion: "why is there no roof?" Or "why isn't there a roof?" Edwin Ashworth: if there's no punctuation, I'd also read a headline such as "why …

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 …