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. This use might be explained from a formula such as "How does it come that ...". If you meet an old friend of yours, whom you never expected to meet in town, you can express your surprise by saying:Why, it's Jim! Thiswhyin the ...
Nov 7, 2013 ·9 1) Please tell mewhyis it like that. [grammatically incorrect unless the punctuation is changed. Please tell me:Whyis it like that? The question: "Whyis [etc.]" is a question form in English:Whyis the sky blue?Whyis it that children require so much attention?Whyis it [or some thing] like that?
Feb 12, 2018 ·In the sentence "Whyis 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.
Feb 28, 2012 ·So, what, the different between "b" and "p" is supposed to have something to do with how the noise is formed in the throat area (in the larynx)?Forme it's purely an airflow thing - "b" builds up pressure behind the lips which stops building the moment the lips are opened, while "p" keeps the airflow going a moment after the lips are opened up. This answer doesn't seem to make sense. (US ...
Feb 24, 2017 ·Whyshould we capitalize the first person pronoun 'I' even when it does not appear at the beginning of a sentence?Whyis it not the caseforother pronouns?
