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  1. "Why ...?" vs. "Why is it that ... ?" - English Language & Usage Stack ...

    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 …

  2. 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 …

  3. Why is "pineapple" in English but "ananas" in all other languages?

    Nov 7, 2013 · The question is: why did the English adapt the name pineapple from Spanish (which originally meant pinecone in English) while most European countries eventually …

  4. etymology - "Philippines" vs. "Filipino" - English Language

    Nov 22, 2011 · Why is Filipino spelled with an F? Philippines is spelled with a Ph. Some have said that it's because in Filipino, Philippines starts with F; but if this is so, why did we only change …

  5. 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 …

  6. etymology - Why does "No" mean "Number?" - English Language …

    Aug 13, 2018 · Why does English use "No." as an abbreviation for "Number"? It's a preserved scribal abbreviation like the ampersand & (formed by eliding the letters of et to mean and).

  7. Why: a relative adverb, a conjunction ... or both?

    Apr 9, 2014 · When, where, why, and how belong, however, to a different special class of words, with equally special grammar. In fact, they constitute one subclass of this special class. Most …

  8. Why is the word "pants" plural? - English Language & Usage Stack …

    Dec 21, 2010 · Why is the word "pants" plural? Ask Question Asked 14 years, 10 months ago Modified 4 years ago

  9. Do you need the “why” in “That's the reason why”? [duplicate]

    Relative why can be freely substituted with that, like any restrictive relative marker. I.e, substituting that for why in the sentences above produces exactly the same pattern of …

  10. terminology - Why are the Warriors called the dubs or Golden …

    Jun 17, 2015 · Urban dictionary doesn't tell me anything about why the Warriors are called the Dubs or why Golden State is called Dub City.