Why does everybody want to help me whenever i need someone's help Can you please explain to me the difference in mean. 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. 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, misery, stress. 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, and i don't think you can freely substitute that in that case either. 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 contraction over the longer idiomatic phrase. Many people do, actually, at least in contexts where one normally uses iso codes
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 today was an usual day, unless your pronunciation is extremely clear, you risk being misunderstood as today was unusual day, which will only confuse your listeners. Consequently it behaves strangely, as you and others point out. I sometimes have heard somebody replying with why, thank you What is the meaning of the first phrase
What is the difference between the two phrases? I suspect because the phrase was only needed for women and widower is a much later literary invention Widow had a lot of legal implications for property, titles and so on If the survivor of a marriage was a woman things got complicated before women had many rights If the survivor was a man in the middle ages it didn't really make much difference as he held all the property anyway
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