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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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for why

0 could you please explain to my children (using precise english grammar rule references) why it is wrong to use the expession "for why" (eg I will tell you for why). This has started to appear all over television and eminates from the US but causes the hair on the back of my neck to stand up every tme I hear it. 0-
  

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0I've never hear this, and I listent of plenty of American TV. 02br 02br 00Do they also say I will tell you to how do it? I will tell you to where go?

— BarbaraPA

  • 0I've never hear this, and I listent of plenty of American TV.
  • 02br 02br 00Do they also say I will tell you to how do it?
  • I will tell you to where go?
  • I will tell you at when he arrives?
  • " It just makes no sense.
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0I've never hear this, and I listent of plenty of American TV. 02br
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00Do they also say I will tell you to how do it? I will tell you to where go? I will tell you at when he arrives? 02br
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00I don't know what precise rule you want to reference, but "why" in that construction stands for "the reason," or, more informally, "how come."02br
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00Excellent! 05000 If you think you need lessons in English grammar, I can give you some. 05102br
00Cheers, CB 010id211id1
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0Hi CB,02br
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00I'm missing something. Are you saying that "I'll tell you for why" is a common constrution you hear?0-
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10could you please explain to my children (using precise english grammar rule references) why it is wrong to use the expession "for why" (eg I will tell you for why). This has started to appear all over 11a11font
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10"for why" (eg I will tell you for why). This has started to appear all over 11a11font11span10television12span12font12a10 and eminates from the
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0I'm surprised that the U.S. has anything to do with this. I, too, watch a lot of television here in the U.S., and I can't remember ever having heard it.02br
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10I'm surprised that the U.S. has anything to do with this. I, too, watch a lot of 11a11font10television12font12a10 here in the U.S., and I can't remember ever having hear
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01cite10Mr Wordy12cite10Perhaps the British just automatically blame the Americans for anything that they feel is ungrammatical!12blockquote
10Well, I suppose turnabout is fair play! 05002br
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10Hi CB,12br
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10I'm missing something. Are you saying that "I'll tell you for why" is a common constrution you hear?12br
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10Oh no, GG! Not at all. Sorry that I didn't succeed in making my thoughts clear. I just thought your "English" wa
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0 I think CB is teasing you about this lovely series of typos:01blockquote
01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10 I listent of plenty of American 11a11font11span10TV12span12font
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