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- 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
- Why do word beginnings with X take a z sound in English?
Why the voiced z won out over the voiceless s is not clear to me Modern French mostly uses gz , as in xénophobie, but I don't know the history of how the modern French pronunciation of word-initial x became established
- terminology - Why use BCE CE instead of BC AD? - English Language . . .
Why do people use the latter terminology? For one thing, I find it confusing It doesn't help that BCE is similar to BC But moreover, there is only one letter of difference between the two terms, whereas with BC and AD, the terms are clearly different and I find it easier to distinguish! Were BCE CE established earlier than BC AD?
- etymology - Why is muscle cramp called a “charley horse”? - English . . .
The history told me nothing why an involuntary, extremely painful spasm, is named after a horse called Charley Charley in the UK is often spelled Charlie, a diminutive of Charles, and it's also used to call a foolish or silly person Who was Charley; was it the name of a horse?
- Why not somewhy? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
For this ELL question, a desire for concision motivated me originally to use 'somewhy' instead of 'for some reason'; afterwards, a user kindly advised that 'somewhy' obsolesced Why? Google introd
- Take a photo — why take? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Germans say aufnehmen for videos Why would you take up or accept a video? At least English makes sense, see the answers below (And of course the only honest answer, for any language, is: you have to use some verb, so for all you care you can use any verb at all as long as enough people agree that that's the verb to use If we collectively settle for "cat a photo" and "dog a video", then that
- Why is c*nt so much more derogatory in the US than the UK?
Why is 'c*nt' so much more derogatory in the US than the UK? Ask Question Asked 15 years, 3 months ago Modified 9 years, 7 months ago
- What is the origin of Why dont you. . . as a suggestion or command?
Why don't you give me that book? Why don't you go to the store and get some more milk? Why don't you make me a sandwich? In these examples, the speaker is clearly not asking for the reason the listener is not doing the action in question
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