Sunday, January 31, 2010

a little flashback to my grammar teaching years

the word why can be used as an adverb, like in this sentence:

why, momma?

or a conjunction such as this one:

no why hit momma! (translation: i don't know why i hit momma)

as a noun like this fine example:

d's whys all day long are causing me to feel like i am going to jump off of a cliff.

why can also be used as an interjection:

why, the litany of whys being thrown at me all day long is leading me to the brink of insanity!

and why can also be part of the contraction why is:

why's momma so crazy today?

because you have been asking why (as an adverb) for the past three weeks non-stop!

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