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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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ask a lot when

How does it native speaker write this sentence?

Is your dad asking a lot when he asks you to clean your room.
Is your dad asking a lot by asking you to clean your room.
  

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Anonymous Is your dad asking a lot when he asks you to clean your room. Anonymous Is your dad asking a lot by asking you to clean your room. Both versions are used, but they're both questions and require question marks at the end.

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  • Anonymous Is your dad asking a lot when he asks you to clean your room.
  • Anonymous Is your dad asking a lot by asking you to clean your room.
  • Both versions are used, but they're both questions and require question marks at the end.
  • " That's asking a lot!
  • That would be asking a lot!
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AnonymousIs your dad asking a lot when he asks you to clean your room.
AnonymousIs your dad asking a lot by asking you to clean your room.
Both versions are used, but they're both questions and require question marks at the end.
"To be asking a lot" is sort of an idiom, or "fixed expression."
That's asking a lot!
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