Why Something Instead of Nothing?
Why Something New?
Why Dog in the Wind?
- why thing in the back of my throat?
- Why everything on zero?
I looked up "Why" in my dictionary, but I could not figure out how it was used. Please let me know usage of"why"
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Why Something New?
Why Dog in the Wind?
I looked up "Why" in my dictionary, but I could not figure out how it was used. Please let me know usage of"why"
The "sentences" you quote are so much part of everyday English, that they could be considered idiomatic.
However parts of them, including the main verb (often "is/are*) have been elided. Hence the argument that they cannot be sentences, "because they do not contain a verb".
Why (have you bought) something new?
Why (is) everything on zero?
In Why the fuss?, the elision is not as straightforward. What is being said is Why (is there) a fuss (being made)? But the article has changed from indefinite to definite.