1. I asked for the children to have extra milk.
2. I asked for the parcel to be sent to my home address.
In the above two sentences, can the preposition for be omitted?
No. You did not ask the children/parcel.
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3. I asked John to go home.
4. I asked for John to go home.
What's the difference in meaning between the above two sentences?