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What is the difference between why? and how come? ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between why? and how come? ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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Semantically, there's no real difference between the two. They are asking the same thing, but "how come" is not really proper English to begin with and not considered a question word like "why" or "what". That said, "how come" is often used despite not being proper English so don't let that stop you from using it!
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