I asked a friend of mine to read something (on skype), and he declined the offer.
Then he asked me to play a game, to which I replied, "I have better things to do."
Then he wrote back, "Exactly! Why I didn't read."
Then we got into a debate about whether it was grammatically correct.
I believe that if he had said "Exactly why I didn't read your text", it would have been correct or even something like "Exactly why I didn't read", but he says he is correct.
Can you tell me whether he is mistaken or I am?
Best Answer
He is mistaken. A correct formulation would be (notice the that):
Why I didn't read cannot stand by itself because it lacks an object (that and text in the above example).