2018年4月29日 · I asked her. "Sure, why not?" she said. This implies that she raised the intonation on the word not and pronounced the sentence as an actual question. "Would you like an orange?" I asked her. "Sure, why not." she said. This implies that she did not raise the intonation on the word not and pronounced the sentence like a declarative statement.

2017年10月31日 · Why Not doesn't quite mean yes, but I'd say it's a synonym. In your example: Could I borrow your pen? Yes would mean simply Sure, you can have my pen. Why not means There is no reason why you can't borrow my pen. I wouldn't say that's it's a super common response to your example question, but you could certainly say it.

"Not" isn't needed after the why in the example question. The reason for this is that you have already given a reason for the why - "If not, why" the "If not" part being the question opener, you simply do not need to add the not again.

2011年3月16日 · The usual order is "Why is this not [ready yet]?" Inverting it to "Why is not this [rose in bloom]?" might be possible in poetry, but it sounds awkward at best in everyday usage. Note: awkward at best is a euphemism for incorrect. Edit: you didn't ask about it, but for completeness I thought I'd mention that "Why isn't this [all over the ...

2017年12月17日 · Because "why" does not take an infinitive with "to". Normally, "Why" is a non-subject question word, that is followed by a sentence with inverted verb and subject: Why did you take it? But there is a rhetorical use where "Why" effectively stands for "Why should you" or "Why would you", or "why should/would one". So "Why take it?"

"Why not do it?" This example is phrased as a rhetorical question. The word "not" negates the word "why", so you are asking for a reason why "it" should not be done. "Why not to do it" In this second example, the word "not" negates the verb "to do". This is no longer a question, but perhaps how you might begin an explanation of why one should ...

2015年4月6日 · The second option is often found in its contracted form, though: "Why can't I open the door?". Have a look at this question on cannot versus can't and the wh -movement it references. Note that the example in that answer is nearly identical to yours, and it opts for the former or contracted form.

2013年10月12日 · Why does reversing the order of packages loading cause a different rendering of a symbol than either package alone? Forward voltage of the 1N4001 diode is not 0.7 V more hot questions

For example, Cunningham and Starr (1998) write that "B.C.E./C.E. …do not presuppose faith in Christ and hence are more appropriate for interfaith dialog than the conventional B.C./A.D." If there is a standardization or shift occurring, it's likely …

2014年10月14日 · the question 'Why does he not?' is the right one. And there is no logical reasonjng for this. It is the rule of english that a negative question of this form must be in the format: Question tag + verb + pronoun + negation AND NOT Question tag + verb + …