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Why do we pronounce "used" and "supposed" differently in different situations?
They are technically different words. In your particular example, "used to" is called a modal verb. "Used" however is just a regular verb.
Why are actors/directors/crews not employees of major studios (or are they)?
Movie studios used to operate this way many decades ago. It was referred to as the star system. The decline of this method of operating came about largely becau
READ THE INVESTIGATION arrow_right_altWhy do Jehovah Witnesses not celebrate Holidays?
exJW here. We avoided Easter because we celebrate the last supper in form of The Memorial, instead of Jesus' resurrection. As for the rest of the main holidays, we avoided Christmas due to its roots i
Why do we wake up early when we don't have to but tend to wake up late when we need to be up?
The simple answer is stress causes this. By setting a schedule your body will fall into a rhythm. After a while you don't really need the alarm at all.
Why do Americans pay for so much for healthcare, yet other countries are able to get by without paying nearly as much?
It's not free in other countries. Those countries pay for medical services through higher taxes. That being said, the final cost of foreign procedures is usually only a fraction of the price.
Why is it when it rains in a baseball game the game gets postponed til further notice but in American football the players play through any weather?
I was a house league umpire for a few years. For us, we would play in the rain until we had puddles forming. Most baseball diamonds are made with very rough dirt that can not only get extremely muddy,
Why can my internet easily load a 1080p YouTube video but then struggle to load a _URL_0_ stream on low quality?
When you download or stream something off of the internet, you have your own connection line and you are connecting to a server with its own connection line, the maximum speed of this connection is as
why haven't the large and heavy lead batteries in cars been replaced with newer lithium or nickel battery technology?
They work, they're robust, they're cheap, and for the starting battery in a car, their inferiority to more modern batteries doesn't translate to a large difference in overall perfo
