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- What do we call the “rd” in “3ʳᵈ” and the “th” in “9ᵗʰ”?
Our numbers have a specific two-letter combination that tells us how the number sounds For example 9th 3rd 301st What do we call these special sounds?
- Why . . . ? vs. Why is it that . . . ? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
11 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 the difference in meaning between these two questions? I don't see it
- Is Why to. . . . . . grammatical? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
It’s a headline, first of all, where some grammatical rules are different anyway So this is not a sentence, but a noun phrase: (This section tells you) why to use page-level permissions That is, it tells you why you should use them “Why to…” and “why not to…” are very common in headings to encourage or discourage the reader, respectively The heading could just as well be
- Is For why improper English? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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
- Why it is vs Why is it - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
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 ]" is a question form in English: Why is the sky blue? Why is it that children require so much attention? Why is it [or some thing] like that?
- terminology - Why use BCE CE instead of BC AD? - English Language . . .
Why do people use the latter terminology? For one thing, I find it confusing It doesn't help that BCE is similar to BC But moreover, there is only one letter of difference between the two terms, whereas with BC and AD, the terms are clearly different and I find it easier to distinguish! Were BCE CE established earlier than BC AD?
- grammaticality - Is it incorrect to say, Why cannot. . . . ? - 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
- Meaning and correct use of as to why
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
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