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Hans51 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
'ask it' is a wrong phrase?
A: How old are you?
B: Why are you asking it?
'ask it' is a wrong phrase? Should it be 'ask about it'?
What do you native English speakers think?
Thank you so much as usual.
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Hans51 What do you native English speakers think? A: How old are you? B: Why do you ask ?
- Hans51 What do you native English speakers think?
- A: How old are you?
- B: Why do you ask ?
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Hans51What do you native English speakers think?
A: How old are you?
B: Why do you ask?
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A: How old are you?
B: Why are you asking that question? = Why are you asking it?
Although "it" is grammatical as a reference to "question," that phrasing is almost never used in practice.
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