When did it become common to say "because X" instead of "because of X?"
130105
Ending a sentence with "because [noun]."
109488
Why do I have to say “want you to do” instead of “want you do”?
8068
How and why have some words changed to a complete opposite?
107615
History of "different from", "different to", "different than"
29639
Reason for the current trend to use «she» as the gender-neutral pronoun?
82725
Why do we say "last night" and not "yesterday night"?
131283
Was the pronunciation of “symmetry” different in the past?
15215
Reason for Subject-Verb Inversion: Only in cases where A is B, shall the Company do X
34679
Origin of plurals and possessives
12464
Origin of "man!", "(oh) boy!", and "oh brother"
153593
When and why did ^ and $ take on their meanings of "beginning of line" and "end of line?"
131953
Where does this convention for quotation marks (`` ...'') come from?
82452
Meaning and derivation of "so-and-so would know from X"
21257
due to versus as a result of
143317
Statements used as questions in casual speech
31232
What is the purpose of using the word "why" in "why, thank you"?
157033
Why do we invert word order when asking a question?