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  1. Where does the use of "why" as an interjection come from?

    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.

  2. "Why ...?" vs. "Why is it that ... ?" - English Language & Usage …

    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 …

  3. How did the letter Z come to be associated with sleeping/snoring?

    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 …

  4. As to why or of why - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    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. …

  5. Is "Why to... ..." grammatical? - English Language & Usage Stack …

    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 …

  6. Reason for different pronunciations of "lieutenant"

    Dec 6, 2014 · While Americans (and possibly others) pronounce this as "loo-tenant", folks from the UK pronounce it as "lef-tenant". Why?

  7. etymology - Why "lemon" for a faulty or defective item? - English ...

    Why is the delicious fruit associated with faulty goods? Etymonline says: perhaps via criminal slang sense of "a person who is a loser, a simpleton," which is perhaps from the notion of …

  8. "Why it is" vs "Why is it" - English Language & Usage Stack …

    Nov 7, 2013 · 1) Please tell me why is it like that. [grammatically incorrect unless the punctuation is changed. Please tell me: Why is it like that? The question: "Why is [etc.]" is a question form …

  9. 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 …

  10. 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, 3 months ago Modified 12 years, 9 months ago