MSN: Ask a Vet: My dog is humping everything in sight. What can I do? Ask a Vet: My dog is humping everything in sight.

Understanding the Context

What can I do? "why" can be compared to an old Latin form qui, an ablative form, meaning how. Today "why" is used as a question word to ask the reason or purpose of something. This use might be explained from a formula such as "How does it come that ...".

Key Insights

If you meet an old friend of yours, whom you never expected to meet in town, you can express your surprise by saying: Why, it's Jim! This why in the ...