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.
"Why?" vs. "Why is it that ?"
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.
Why is "I" capitalized in the English language, but not "me" or "you"?
Possible Duplicate: Why should the first person pronoun ''I'' always be capitalized? I realize that at one time a lot of nouns in English were capitalized, but I can''t understand the pattern of those
Do you need the “why” in “That''s the reason why”? [duplicate]
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,
etymology
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...
"Why it is" vs "Why is it"
[grammatically incorrect unless the punctuation is changed. The question: "Why is [etc.]" is a question form
grammaticality
Is starting your sentence with “Which is why...” grammatically correct? our brain is still busy processing all the information coming from the phones. Which is why it is impossible
prepositions
Here why is not functioning as an adverb, but a noun. In this sense it means something like the reason (s). Let me tell you why you should learn French = Let me tell you the reasons you
Why should the first person pronoun ''I'' always be capitalized?
Why should we capitalize the first person pronoun ''I'' even when it does not appear at the beginning of a sentence? Why is it not the case for other pronouns?
grammaticality
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