Why Clouds Grey Wallpaper Is Actually Comforting, Not Sad

Nov 25, 2010maybe i could say the question with why is a blunt question, whereas the question with how come indicates we admire that the person spoken to has such great knowledge about. I'm nit-picking a bit, but '%' is not a unit of measure- it denotes a ratio multiplied by 100 for convenience, and represents the /100 required to yield the actual ratio. Mar 16, 2011the 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.