Is "Why to... ..." grammatical? - English Language & Usage Stack …
May 9, 2012 · 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 …
"Why ...?" vs. "Why is it that ... ?" - English Language & Usage Stack ...
11 Why is it that everybody wants to help me whenever I need someone's help? Why does everybody want to help me whenever I need someone's help? Can you please explain to me …
As to why or of why - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
May 8, 2020 · Which one is correct and used universally? I don’t owe you an explanation as to why I knocked the glass over. I don’t owe you an explanation of why I knocked the glass over. …
grammaticality - Is it incorrect to say, "Why cannot....?" - English ...
Feb 15, 2012 · 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 …
"Why it is" vs "Why is it" - English Language & Usage Stack …
Nov 7, 2013 · 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 …
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 …
terminology - Why use BCE/CE instead of BC/AD? - English …
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 …
Why is "pineapple" in English but "ananas" in all other languages?
Nov 7, 2013 · The question is: why did the English adapt the name pineapple from Spanish (which originally meant pinecone in English) while most European countries eventually …
Where does the use of "why" as an interjection come from?
Mar 18, 2011 · "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.
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 …