How to write why, why, why and why is a frequent question that despairs many people. Some even seem to randomly choose any of the four options to stamp it on a text. Fortunately, it’s easy to remember the rules and thus avoid making spelling mistakes.
Below we explain in a simple way the differences between the expressions why, why, why and why:
Porqué, written as a word wave and with an accent, is a noun, and is equivalent to ’cause’, ‘reason’ or ‘reason’: “Only he knows the reason for his decision.”
As a noun, it can be in the plural and also has an accent: “I will not tell you the reasons for my actions”.
Why is the combination of the preposition for and the interrogative what: “Why hasn’t you come to see me for so long?”
It is easily identified if we add the word reason or motive: “Why (reason) haven’t you come to see me in so long?” Be careful, it doesn’t always go between question marks: “I want to know why you haven’t come.”
Because, written as a single word and without an accent mark, it is a conjunction that is equivalent to since, since, since…: “The exam is very difficult because the entire course syllabus is included.”
It can also have the value of finality with a subjunctive verb, and in this case, it is equivalent to so that. It is important to note that it can be written together or separately, both are valid: “He did everything possible because / because his work was impeccable.”
Because, with two words and no tilde, it is the combination of the preposition by and the relative pronoun that and is easily recognized because an article can always be inserted between them and, in fact, it is more frequent to find it like this: “That is the reason for (the) one who decided not to go”.
It can also be the preposition for required by the verb, the noun or the adjective, and the conjunction that: “The workers voted for the strike not to be called” (vote for something); “The vote for there to be no strike was bumpy.”
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