Nov 7, 2013Β Β· 8 1) Please tell me why is it like that. [grammatically incorrect unless the punctuation is changed. Please tell me: Why is it like that? The question: "Why is [etc.]" is a question form in …

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 sentence, …

Nov 27, 2018Β Β· Why is a just a rather odd wh -word. Its distribution is very limited -- it can only have the word reason as its antecedent, and since it's never the subject it's always deletable. Consequently it …

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The grass is wet because it rained last night. This seems the simplest and most elegant expression of the meaning. I am always suspicious of "reason (s)" and "why" being next to each other. There can …

Jan 16, 2011Β Β· Why have a letter in a word when it’s silent in pronunciation, like the b in debt? Can anyone please clarify my uncertainty here?

Mar 22, 2023Β Β· The questions How? and Why? 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?" β€” he has eaten …

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