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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Ask a question to
" Why don't you ask that question to yourself ?"
" Why don't you ask yourself that question ? "
Are both the above sentences grammatically correct ?
" Why don't you ask yourself that question ? "
Are both the above sentences grammatically correct ?
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No, the first is wrong. There is an idiomatic preposition: Why don't you ask that question of yourself ?
- No, the first is wrong.
- There is an idiomatic preposition: Why don't you ask that question of yourself ?
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No, the first is wrong. There is an idiomatic preposition:
Why don't you ask that question of yourself ?
Why don't you ask that question of yourself ?
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But we don't say "Let me ask a question of you"
We just say "Let me ask you a question."
Then why do we have to use of in the above sentence ?
We just say "Let me ask you a question."
Then why do we have to use of in the above sentence ?
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We say it both ways, but the latter is by far the more common.
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