New York Post: Trump directs Tehran to ‘lay down your arms’ or face ‘certain death’ after US, Israel strikes as he appeals to protesters
President Trump ordered the Iranian regime, military and police forces to “lay down” their guns or face “certain death” after the US and Israel launched “Operation Epic Fury” Saturday — as he appealed ...
Trump directs Tehran to ‘lay down your arms’ or face ‘certain death’ after US, Israel strikes as he appeals to protesters
"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 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 mean...
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.
Can "why" be a conjunction? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Possibly relevant to why /z/ won: if I try to pronounce axis with a /z/ instead of an /s/, it sounds hardly at all different. Someone with a better understanding of phonetics can probably explain why the contrast is so small in that context.
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?
The history told me nothing why an involuntary, extremely painful spasm, is named after a horse called Charley. Charley in the UK is often spelled Charlie, a diminutive of Charles, and it's also used to call a foolish or silly person. Who was Charley; was it the name of a horse?