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(1) Why did you buy it?
(2) How come you bought it?
Are there some differences between these sentences?
(2) How come you bought it?
Are there some differences between these sentences?
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No, they both mean the same thing.
They mean the same thing but the first one is proper.
They mean the same thing, but the second one is a little bit more casual.
"How come" is an idiom that modifies "bought".
1/ どうして買ったか
2/ どうして買ったんですか
They both have the same meaning, but 'how come' is not correct English and is much less polite.
'why' is a direct question, but 'how come' can sound negative or argumentative - the same feeling as "what the hell did you do that for?"
Hope this helps :)
There -is- a difference, actually.
"Why did you buy it?" simply asks you THE REASON FOR BUYING IT.
"How come you bought it?" is NOT asking you THE REASON FOR BUYING IT.
Rather, it's asking WHY -OR HOW- you did THE ACT OF BUYING ITSELF. It is a different question, with different answers.
Examples:
Q:
"Why did you buy two croissants?"
A:
"Because I'm very hungry.
Q:
"How come you bought two croissants? (They only had one left!)"
"How come you bought two croissants? (You only had money for one!)"
"How come you bought two croissants? (Aren't you on a diet!)"
A:
"[MANY possible answers]
I hope I didn't confuse you!
Are there some any differences between these sentences?
"how come" actually comes from the longer phrase, "How did it come to be that ..." In other words, it's asking for the story behind the situation:
How come he seems so unhappy? (She tells a story about how he broke up with his girlfriend and all the reasons behind the breakup.)
"Why" is only asking for a reason, not a story:
Why does he seems so unhappy? He broke up with his girlfriend.
However, this technical difference may be true, but most people don't distinguish the two in this way. I would say the majority of English speakers use "why" and "how come" the same, but "why" is always OK and "how come" is OK in informal situations.
They are synonyms, but "how come" is slang and informal. "How come" asks "how or why" you did something or something occurred, etc. "Why" is more direct, more formal, easier, and shorter.
"How come" is dialect.
English itself is far better used in short sentences. "Why did you buy it" is preferred, by far.