Nov 7, 2013 · The question: "Why is [etc.]" is a question form in English: Why is the sky blue? Why is it that children require so much attention? Why is it [or some thing] like that? When that …

Why not: I don't know why, but it seems to me Bob would sound a bit strange if he said, "Why is it that you have to get going?" Eliminating 'that' before 'Bob' would seem to be more in context …

Dec 4, 2018 · "For why" (also hyphenated or written as one word) meaning "why" as a direct interrogative was used in Old and Middle English (see the MED's entry), but it became …

Nov 26, 2020 · Why does the word colonel (as in military rank) have such a strange spelling compared to how it's ...

When used in "as to why, how whether" etc., it is often better to drop "as to" and simply use why, how, whether. For example, I don't understand as to why you are going there. I don't know as …

The reason (why) that perception is correct is that why is a rather special relative pronoun. Indeed, it's a pronoun that can only refer to one word: reason. Try it with anything else and you …

a1616 Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona ɪɪɪ (1623) ɪ. i. 33 If hap'ly won, perhaps a haplesse gaine, If lost, why then a grieuous labour won. 1647 A. Cowley Request in Mistress …

Feb 15, 2012 · There are also many examples of "Why we cannot", but they are not interrogatives. JForrest explains that 'cannot' is the negative form of 'can', and so 'cannot' …

Dec 31, 2015 · Why is the k silent in: known /nəʊn/; knife /nʌɪf/, and knight /nʌɪt/? What does this specify?And what is k doing there if there is no need to pronounce it?

May 26, 2011 · See also Why Does ZZZ mean sleep? for another theory: The reason zzz came into being is that the comic strip artists just couldn’t represent sleeping with much. ... As the …