Why does everybody want to help me whenever i need someone's help However, i find it puzzling. Can you please explain to me the difference in mean.
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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. 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. 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 to math, forget it (contrast) john and mary fought over small things all the time, things that you and i most likely won't give a damn.
Googling 'for why' (in quotes) i discovered that there was a single word 'forwhy' in middle english.
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. Consequently it behaves strangely, as you and others point out. Only have similar answers where the reason for something is the cause
This is the case for a question like why is the boy so big? — he has eaten a lot, or he has a growth hormone disorder, etc For a question pair like why did you go to the stadium How did you go to the stadium The answers are quite obviously different.
Where does the use of “why&rdquo
As an interjection come from This is a common english phrase that i'm sure everyone has heard before
