Tuesday, October 28, 2003, 03:25 GMT
Hello, I am a Japanese who is learning English at a school. This Monday I have been taught something about usage of the word "why". Our teacher taught us that we can say "what to do", "who to do", "which one to do", "where to do" or "when to do", but we can never say "why to do".
What he said is like this;
@@ @ I donft know what to do now. (OK)
@@ Donft you know which book to read next? (OK)
@@ I donft know who to vote for. (OK)
@@I donft know where to go today. (OK)
@@I donft know when to go there. (OK)
<BUT> I donft know why to go there (Wrong!)
At the lecture I asked him the reason why we should not use gwhy to infinitiveh but he said he himself did not know it. So I am asking people here to explain grammatically or semantically why we should not use gwhy to infinitiveh. Any comments on this subject are welcome. Thank you.
What he said is like this;
@@ @ I donft know what to do now. (OK)
@@ Donft you know which book to read next? (OK)
@@ I donft know who to vote for. (OK)
@@I donft know where to go today. (OK)
@@I donft know when to go there. (OK)
<BUT> I donft know why to go there (Wrong!)
At the lecture I asked him the reason why we should not use gwhy to infinitiveh but he said he himself did not know it. So I am asking people here to explain grammatically or semantically why we should not use gwhy to infinitiveh. Any comments on this subject are welcome. Thank you.