
"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 …
etymology - "Philippines" vs. "Filipino" - English Language
Nov 22, 2011 · 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 change …
“John Doe”, “Jane Doe” - Why are they used many times?
There is no recorded reason why Doe, except there was, and is, a range of others like Roe. So it may have been a set of names that all rhymed and that law students could remember. Or it …
grammaticality - Is it incorrect to say, "Why cannot....?" - English ...
Dec 2, 2011 · 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 should the first person pronoun 'I' always be capitalized?
Feb 24, 2017 · Why should we capitalize the first person pronoun 'I' even when it does not appear at the beginning of a sentence? Why is it not the case for other pronouns?
Origin of "Why, hello there" [duplicate] - English Language
Possible Duplicate: Where does the use of “why” as an interjection come from? This is a common English phrase that I'm sure everyone has heard before. However, I find it …
Why is "pineapple" in English but "ananas" in all other languages?
Nov 7, 2013 · The question is: why did the English adapt the name pineapple from Spanish (which originally meant pinecone in English) while most European countries eventually …
"How come" vs "Why?" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Nov 25, 2010 · Maybe I could say the question with why is a blunt question, whereas the question with how come indicates we admire that the person spoken to has such great knowledge …
Why is "t" sometimes pronounced like "d" in American English?
Feb 24, 2011 · That's why pasta e fagioli comes out pastafazool, or capicola is pronounced something like gabbagool, in many Italian dialects. (And yes, I did understand that you meant …
Can "why" be a conjunction? - English Language & Usage Stack …
Nov 27, 2018 · 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. …