Mar 18, 2011 · "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.
Nov 27, 2018 · Why is a just a rather odd wh -word.
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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.
