1. Why suddenly he left?
2. Why suddenly a trip to india?
3. Why suddenly donuts?( Jane always talks about pizza, but, one day sudenly she talks about donuts)
Do you use English like these? I mean, they're not grammatically.
Thank you in advance!
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2 and 3 might be heard but not 1. "Why noun?" is OK. "Why subject verb?" isn't.
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Yes, these are natural in casual conversation but not grammatically correct.
"Why suddenly he left?" → Informal. Correct: "Why did he suddenly leave?"
"Why suddenly a trip to India?" → Natural in speech. Correct: "Why a sudden trip to India?"
"Why suddenly donuts?" → Very natural informally. Correct: "Why are you talking about donuts suddenly?"
Informal speech often skips words for brevity.
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I'll omit "suddenly" and other words that have no effect on the discussion. Your phrases are then
1. Why he left?
2. Why a trip?
3. Why donuts?
None is a sentence, but #2 and #3 are useful as sentence fragments.
Without the question mark, "why he left" can be useful as part of a sentence:
"I don't know why he left"
"Why he left is a mystery to me"
"Why he left, I know not."
It can be part of a question, but extra words are needed to create the question:
"Do you know why he left?"
#1 can also be rescued by breaking it into two sentences:
"He left. Why?"
Yes, "Why?" is a complete sentence.
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For 1, it would be more natural to say "Why did he suddenly leave?". For 3, I would say "Why donuts all of a sudden?".
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