https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/21592/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.
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/134670/why-it-is-vs-why-is-it
Nov 7, 2013 · 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.
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/95165/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
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/16762/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.
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/119877/do-you-need-the-why-in-thats-the-reason-why
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 us
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/591219/is-starting-your-sentence-with-which-is-why-grammatically-correct
Jul 1, 2022 · Is starting your sentence with “Which is why...” grammatically correct? …our brain is still busy processing all the information coming from the phones. Which i
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/50251/is-it-incorrect-to-say-why-cannot
Dec 2, 2011 · 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 co
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/16244/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
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/430720/what-part-of-speech-is-why-in-the-following-example
Feb 12, 2018 · 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.
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/134659/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 adap