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- Contextual difference between That is why vs Which is why?
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, and it has to do primarily with relevance Grammarians often use the terms "restrictive" and "non-restrictive" when it comes to relative clauses
- 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?
- Why it is vs Why is it - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
The question: "Why is [etc ]" is a question form in English: Why is the sky blue? Why is it that children require so much attention? Why is it [or some thing] like that? When that form is put into what is called indirect speech, it becomes: Please tell me why the sky is blue Please tell me why children require so much attention
- How did the letter Z come to be associated with sleeping snoring?
See also Why Does ZZZ mean sleep? for another theory: The reason zzz came into being is that the comic strip artists just couldn’t represent sleeping with much As the sounds made while sleeping are quite difficult to represent with letters, the artists chose zzz, because it best represents the sound
- Why is pineapple in English but ananas in all other languages?
I don't think we are discussing whether "ananas" or "pineapple" was used first, but where it came from and why the English language does not use "ananas" today I would say that whoever introduced the ananas to the public first used the term "pineapple" and that is how the word became the accepted name for the fruit –
- Meaning and correct use of as to why
When used in "as to why, how whether" etc , it is often better to drop "as to" and simply use why, how, whether For example, I don't understand as to why you are going there I don't know as to how to drive a bike I don't know as to whether you'd like it should simply be I don't understand why you are going there I don't know how to drive
- Why is c*nt so much more derogatory in the US than the UK?
That's a very good question It certainly is offensive here in the US, and I'm not sure why it's considered so much worse than other "Anglo-Saxon" words I've used all of the other ones on occasion But in 52 years, I've used "cunt" anatomically only a handful of times, and I can't recall ever using it as a slang reference for a woman
- Why are the United States often referred to as America?
Why would it be strange to shorten this? It is common to shorten the official name of a country — most people don't even know the official names for the various countries For example, the official name of Mexico is "los Estados Unidos Mexicanos", which means "the Mexican United States"; nobody is surprised that it is referred to as "Mexico"
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