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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Ask for/ask

1-1. I ask him his advice.
1-2.I ask his advice of him.
2. I ask him for his advice.

I know we hardly use the structure of "ask" as shown #1-1, but I think #1-1 is grammatical, isn't it?
I'd like to know the meaning(nuance) difference between #1 and #2.

Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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#1-1 is correct but, as you suggest, less usual than #2. I see no difference in meaning. Though in some cases you can ask something of someone, #1-2 seems a stretch to me.

— GPY

  • #1-1 is correct but, as you suggest, less usual than #2.
  • I see no difference in meaning.
  • Though in some cases you can ask something of someone, #1-2 seems a stretch to me.
  • The tense "I ask" seems relatively unusual for this sentence.
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#1-1 is correct but, as you suggest, less usual than #2. I see no difference in meaning.

Though in some cases you can ask something of someone, #1-2 seems a stretch to me.

The tense "I ask" seems relatively unusual for this sentence.
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