"Why?" vs. "Why is it that ?"
I don''t know why, but it seems to me that Bob would sound a bit strange if he said, "Why is it that you have to get going?" in that situation.
grammaticality
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
Where does the use of "why" as an interjection come from?
"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.
Why should the first person pronoun ''I'' always be capitalized?
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?
etymology
The spelling of number is number, but the abbreviation is No (№). There is no letter o in number, so where does this spelling come from?
Why is "I" capitalized in the English language, but not "me" or "you"?
Possible Duplicate: Why should the first person pronoun ''I'' always be capitalized? I realize that at one time a lot of nouns in English were capitalized, but I can''t understand the pattern of those
"Why it is" vs "Why is it"
8 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
What part of speech is "why" in the following example?
In the sentence "Why is this here?", is "why" an adverb? What part of speech is "why?" I think it modifies the verb "is", so I think it is an adverb.
Do you need the “why” in “That''s the reason why”? [duplicate]
Good explanation of why it''s optional in this case, although I''m not convinced that reason is the only reasonable antecedent of why. For example, the explanation why is a common usage,
grammaticality
Is starting your sentence with “Which is why...” grammatically correct? our brain is still busy processing all the information coming from the phones. Which is why it is impossible