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Where does the use of "why" as an interjection come from?

"why" can be compared to an old Latin form qui, an ablative form, meaning how. Today "why" is used as a question word to ask the reason or purpose of something.

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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

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Meaning and correct use of "as to why"

As to why I do, I really don''t know. (=...but if you want to ask why I do, I don''t know.) I am going for sure. As to whether Jane will go along too, you will have to ask her yourself. English is fun, as

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Do you need the "why" in "That''s the reason why"? [duplicate]

Good explanation of why it''s optional in this case, although I''m not convinced that reason is the only reasonable antecedent of why. For example, the explanation why is a common usage,

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"Why it is" vs "Why is it"

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

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Why is "I" capitalized in the English language, but not "me" or "you"?

Possible Duplicate: Why should the first person pronoun ''I'' always be capitalized? I realize that at one time a lot of nouns in English were capitalized, but I can''t understand the pattern of those

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Is "Why to..." grammatical?

It''s a headline, first of all, where some grammatical rules are different anyway. So this is not a sentence, but a noun phrase: (This section tells you) why to use page-level

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"Why?" vs. "Why is it that ?"

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.

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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

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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

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