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Why have a letter in a word when it’s silent in pronunciation, like the b in debt? Can anyone please clarify my uncertainty here? I am not asking how the syntax of TeX works. I know perfectly well that only letters are allowed in command names, except for single-character names and constructions using \\csname. I’m just asking. 0 Why, that's what it means! It doesn't actually transform the sentence into a question; the question mark does that (see also: French). We've just gotten used to always seeing it at the start of a question, but it's really there to draw attention. So, what, the different between b and p is supposed to have something to do with how the noise is formed in the throat area (in the larynx)? For me it's purely an airflow thing - b builds up pressure behind the lips which stops building the moment the lips are opened, while p keeps the airflow going a moment after the lips are opened up. This answer doesn't seem to make sense. (US. Why doesn't he? Now Why doesn't he? is just the contracted form of 2: Why does not he? Why doesn't he? So, given that 2 is essentially 3, I'd like to know firstly, which questions are grammatical and which are ungrammatical or awkward. I'd like to also know why this is the case - assuming there is some absolute contrast between 2 and 3. To each of your points there's a counterpoint. While the obsolete diphthong /aj/ in day has been reduced to /i/ in modern English for some speakers, it's decidedly more of a centered schwa-like vowel in words like Britain or mountain, which also contain coronal consonants surrounding the vowel. And then there are cases like accept, where the reduced vowel is [ɪ] for many American speakers. This simple code doesn't work. Why doesn't this simple code work? *Why does this simple coden't work. (incorrect!) Historically, this may have developed because in Elizabethan English, both Why does this simple code not work? and Why does not this simple code work? were acceptable word orders. Only the first one is acceptable today. 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. After reading the answers, the best hint is: The classical TeX does not know the paper dimensions. Why does TeX add margins left and top of the page and how can I avoid them? TeX, not La. In the last episode of “The Last of Us” TV show there is the following pun: Why does a Moon-rock taste better than an Earth-rock? Because it's a little meteor. What's the wordplay here? P.S. I've.

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