Why does everybody want to help me whenever i need someone's help Can you please explain to me the difference in mean. What is the difference between these two sentences 1 ) please tell me why is it like that (should i put question mark at the end) 2 ) please tell me why it is like that Googling 'for why' (in quotes) i discovered that there was a single word 'forwhy' in middle english.
Unlike how, what, who, where, and probably other interrogatives, why does not normally take to before its infinitive I wonder if this is dialectal, or perhaps just individual. 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 should not be why we cannot grow taller? the reason is that auxiliaries should come before the subject to make an interrogative. Which one is correct and used universally I don’t owe you an explanation as to why i knocked the glass over
Is one used more than. 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 grammaticality and ungrammaticality The reason that he did it * the cause that he did it * the intention that he did it * the effect that he did it * the thing that. The usual order is why is this not [ready yet]? inverting it to why is not this [rose in bloom]? might be possible in poetry, but it sounds awkward at best in everyday usage Awkward at best is a euphemism for incorrect
You didn't ask about it, but for completeness i thought i'd mention that why isn't this [all over the internet]? is perfectly fine 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 In the sentence why is this here?, is why an adverb What part of speech is why? i think it modifies the verb is, so i think it is an adverb.
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