Elliptical Machine vs. Running
Posted on 15. May, 2006 by dwight in Uncategorized
How come I can run for 45 minutes and almost 4 miles on an elliptical machine and never feel winded, but when I run about 100 feet out to the mail box and back, it takes me 30 seconds to get back to breathing normally again?
and what does “how come” mean, or I guess why does “how come” mean what it means?
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sirrobert
May 30th, 2006
“How come” means “how did it come to be that.” For example:
“Why are lemons sour?”
“How did it come to be that lemons are sour?”
“How come lemons are sour?”
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More historically (and less explanitorily than above):
The first use known is from1548 by Hall in Chronicle: “How commeth this that there are so many Newe Testamentes abrode?”
In England by the early 1600s it was in common use “how comes it that … ?” which was a common construction of the equivalent “How came this to be, that … ?”
It came to America where it first became “how come?”