Today "why" is used as a question word to ask the reason or purpose of something. 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. Mar 22, 2023the questions how?
Only have similar answers where the reason for something is the cause. This is the case for a question like "why is the boy so big?" — he has eaten. [grammatically incorrect unless the punctuation is changed.
Aug 22, 2025the history told me nothing why an involuntary, extremely painful spasm, is named after a horse called charley. Charley in the uk is often spelled charlie, a diminutive of charles, and it's. Aug 21, 2025why the voiced /z/ won out over the voiceless /s/ is not clear to me.
Modern french mostly uses /gz/, as in xénophobie, but i don't know the history of how the modern french. Feb 4, 2025why do these opposite words actually cross-over in so many areas? Have the implicit definitions of these words changed/converged over time?
Additionally, why does the meaning of. Feb 12, 2018in 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.
Jan 16, 2011why have a letter in a word when it’s silent in pronunciation, like the b in debt?
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