Comments on: The Reason is Already the Why http://languageandgrammar.com/2008/02/28/the-reason-is-already-the-why/ Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:34:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The Tongue Untied » Blog Archive » Small Things that Matter #2: Redundancy http://languageandgrammar.com/2008/02/28/the-reason-is-already-the-why/#comment-1310 Sun, 15 Feb 2009 06:25:16 +0000 http://languageandgrammar.wordpress.com/?p=70#comment-1310 [...] Sherry’s Grammar List offers a wonderfully poetic explanation for why this is a redundancy: “The reason is already the why, and the why already means the reason. When you ask why, you’re asking for the reason, and when you ask for the reason, you’re asking for the why.” [...]

]]> By: The Tongue Untied » Small Things that Matter #2 Redundancy http://languageandgrammar.com/2008/02/28/the-reason-is-already-the-why/#comment-1151 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:21:13 +0000 http://languageandgrammar.wordpress.com/?p=70#comment-1151 [...] Sherry’s Grammar List offers a wonderfully poetic explanation for why this is a redundancy: “The reason is already the why, and the why already means the reason. When you ask why, you’re asking for the reason, and when you ask for the reason, you’re asking for the why.” [...]

]]> By: Watch Yer Language - Why? Because we like you http://languageandgrammar.com/2008/02/28/the-reason-is-already-the-why/#comment-58 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:36:48 +0000 http://languageandgrammar.wordpress.com/?p=70#comment-58 [...] The reason is the why. [...]

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