- How come you came so fast, Michael? - asked Patrick. 1. Если начать вопрос с WHY не совсем уместно ввиду его прямолинейности – можно заменить «why» на HOW COME («как так вышло? как так? почему же?»). Вспомогательный глагол не нужен: - So how come you got an invitation and not me? - How come that woman knew my name, do I know that woman? - Laura, how come you never asked me about Islam? Больше всего это похоже на сокращение от «How does/did/has it come (to be)» . Кстати, «that’s why» в ответе тоже можно заменить на THAT’S HOW COME: - That's how come I'm late. - Evolution is so creative. That's how come we got giraffes and the clap. 2. Насчет COME. Более редкое выражение COME TO THAT (=if it comes to that) – «уж если на то пошло»/«да и вообще»: - "I owe you a fiver, don't I?" - "Yes, and come to that, you never paid me back the other money I lent you." - He had plans for marketing our work in New York, in Paris, in galleries. Not under his name, of course – nor mine, come to that. He’d invented an alias.