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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
acceptable question pattern?
Hi,
I see questions that start with the word 'who' and wonder if the following is good/correct.
Why not come home early? Why not? Why don't you come home early?
Why all the noise/fuss? Why not? Why do/did you create all the noise/fuss?
I think there was a thread or some threads that dealt with this topic but I can't find it now. Do you think having the words 'the reason' and 'why' is not correct?
If not, how would you change it?
... the reason why this happened is ...
I see questions that start with the word 'who' and wonder if the following is good/correct.
Why not come home early? Why not? Why don't you come home early?
Why all the noise/fuss? Why not? Why do/did you create all the noise/fuss?
I think there was a thread or some threads that dealt with this topic but I can't find it now. Do you think having the words 'the reason' and 'why' is not correct?
If not, how would you change it?
... the reason why this happened is ...
Top answer
Why not come home early? Why not? Why don't you come home early?
- Why not come home early?
- Why not?
- Why don't you come home early?
- Why all the noise/fuss?
- Why not?
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Why not come home early? Why not? Why don't you come home early?
Why all the noise/fuss? Why not? Why do/did you create all the noise/fuss?-- These questions are all fine.
... the reason why this happened is ...-- Some grammarians think that 'why' is redundant here and would like you to change it to '...the reason (that)...'.
Why not come home early? Why not? Why don't you come home early?
Why all the noise/fuss? Why not? Why do/did you create all the noise/fuss?-- These questions are all fine.
... the reason why this happened is ...-- Some grammarians think that 'why' is redundant here and would like you to change it to '...the reason (that)...'.
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