Mar 18, 2011 · "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.

11 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 …

May 26, 2011 · Edit: Another Wikipedia page: The big Z It is a convention in American comics that the sound of a snore can be reduced to a single letter Z. Thus a speech bubble with this letter …

Jul 29, 2023 · I understand that the word spook is a racial slur that rose in usage during WWII; I also know Germans called black gunners Spookwaffe. What I don't understand is why. Spook …

May 9, 2012 · Unlike how, what, who, where, and probably other interrogatives, why does not normally take to before its infinitive: “Why use page-level permissions” would be the expected …

May 8, 2020 · Which one is correct and used universally? I don’t owe you an explanation as to why I knocked the glass over. I don’t owe you an explanation of why I knocked the glass over. …

Aug 19, 2017 · Why does English spelling use silent letters? (9 answers) Why do written English vowels differ from other Latin-based orthographies? (4 answers) Why does the ending -ough …

Why is 'c*nt' so much more derogatory in the US than the UK? Ask Question Asked 14 years, 6 months ago Modified 8 years, 11 months ago

Dec 9, 2022 · jsq29: It provides a justification for why the standard has changed, even if Merriam Webster hasn't caught up. Ultimately, language is fluid even though some consider it sacred. …

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 adapted the …