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7 There actually does seem to be an explanation for the different spellings of speak and speech, and it even covers why speech would have variant spellings with ea. The ancestors of these words had different vowels in Proto-Germanic. 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 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 use might be explained from a formula such as How does it come that. If you meet an old friend of yours, whom you never expected to meet in town, you can express your surprise by saying: Why, it's Jim! This why in the. Why The Steelers Suck Discussion in ' Steelers Talk ' started by Bubbahotep, Aug 20, 2025. 9 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? In the sentence Why is this here? , is why an adverb? What part of speech is why? I think it modifies the verb is , so I think it is an adverb. Why is a just a rather odd wh -word. Its distribution is very limited -- it can only have the word reason as its antecedent, and since it's never the subject it's always deletable. Consequently it behaves strangely, as you and others point out. 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? 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. The grass is wet because it rained last night. This seems the simplest and most elegant expression of the meaning. I am always suspicious of reason (s) and why being next to each other. There can be reasons for things but there is usually a better way of expressing reasons why.

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