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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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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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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.
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My question is: is there flexibility in how one can punctuate the phrase "Why not?" The answer may seem obvious at first...it is a question after all. However, it's also a common idiom, and I am
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Why: a relative adverb, a conjunction ... or both?
When, where, why, and how belong, however, to a different special class of words, with equally special grammar. In fact, they constitute one subclass of this special class. Most of the other wh -words (what, which, who) refer to nouns, so they're called pronouns -- either interrogative pronouns (because they're used to introduce question clauses)
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The reason why hugs and kisses is rendered XOXO and not OXOX is unknown. Maybe it because of the influence of Tic-tac-toe. However, according to ScoopWhoop, it's under debate.
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The question is specifically asking why earth is so often not capitalised when used as a proper noun. @tchrist There are quite a lot of proper nouns (mostly geographical) that do take definite articles, though, and are unquestionably proper nouns: the US, the Bronx, the Thames, etc.
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