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 …

I know it originates from "head shrinking", but it doesn't help me a lot to understand the etymology. Why are psychiatrists called that? Is it like "my head is swollen [from anguish, …

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.

This Wikipedia article gives this explanation for the origin of the word gee-gee: The Chester Racecourse site was home to the famous and bloody Goteddsday football match. The game …

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 usage, …

Why do people say "over-" and "underwhelmed" but never just "whelmed"? Ask Question Asked 14 years, 5 months ago Modified 4 years, 5 months ago

As Jimi Oke points out, it doesn't matter what letter the word starts with, but what sound it starts with. Since "usual" starts with a 'y' sound, it should take 'a' instead of 'an'. Also, If you say …

A. Why [would you think it would be any less than awesome?], yes of course. or perhaps A. Why [would I even need to be thanked for something I'm happy to do], yes, of course. Don't take …

Sep 7, 2017 · "We don't "say" GBP": many people do, actually, at least in contexts where one normally uses ISO codes. "British citizen" is the statutory name of citizenship of the UK, so it's …

In the 1950s, there was a trend reversal so that about 1982, that's why seems to have started gaining wider acceptance and usage. We may have to infer that today, writers prefer the …