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

    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.

  2. Contextual difference between "That is why" vs "Which is why"?

    Thus we say: You never know, which is why... but You never know. That is why... And goes on to explain: There is a subtle but important difference between the use of that and which in a …

  3. grammaticality - Is starting your sentence with “Which is why ...

    Jul 1, 2022 · 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 …

  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. etymology - Why "shrink" (of a psychiatrist)? - English Language ...

    I know it originates from "head shrinking", but it doesn't help me a lot to understand the etymology. Why are psychiatrists called that? Is it like "my head is swollen [from anguish, …

  6. 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 …

  7. Why does "No" mean "Number?" - English Language & Usage …

    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). The …

  8. 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 …

  9. Why is ‘Earth’ often spelt with a lowercase e, even when referring …

    Aug 31, 2019 · The question is specifically asking why earth is so often not capitalised when used as a proper noun. @tchrist There are quite a lot of proper nouns (mostly geographical) that do …

  10. Origin of "Why, hello there" [duplicate] - English Language

    Possible Duplicate: Where does the use of “why” as an interjection come from? This is a common English phrase that I'm sure everyone has heard before. However, I find it …