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 …

Dec 4, 2018 · For why' can be idiomatic in certain contexts, but it sounds rather old-fashioned. Googling 'for why' (in quotes) I discovered that there was a single word 'forwhy' in Middle English.

Nov 27, 2018 · Why is a just a rather odd wh -word. Its distribution is very limited -- it can only have the word reason as its antecedent, and since it's never the subject it's always deletable. …

Aug 21, 2025 · Why the voiced /z/ won out over the voiceless /s/ is not clear to me. Modern French mostly uses /gz/, as in xénophobie, but I don't know the history of how the modern …

Because it's highly volatile and combustible--and therefore becomes gaseous easily. edit: Contrary to the charge in the comments that this is "unsupported speculation," there are in fact …

Jan 10, 2013 · In Australian usage the term is "gardening leave" which makes clearer that the person (often a senior executive with major responsibilities) now has nothing to do but …

Aug 1, 2018 · Why were slum kids called “urchins”? Ask Question Asked 7 years, 3 months ago Modified 5 years, 5 months ago

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 construct …

Sep 23, 2011 · Why do we refer to the floors of buildings as stories? Ask Question Asked 14 years, 1 month ago Modified 5 years, 9 months ago

Possible Duplicate: Where does the use of “why” as an interjection come from? This is a common English phrase that I'm sure everyone has heard before. However, I find it …