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Healer Posted 4 years ago
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Are the following grammatically correct? If they're, any difference in usage?
- I asked him of a favour.- I asked him a favour.
- I asked him of a favour.- I asked him a favour.
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healer I asked him of a favour. No. healer I asked him a favour.
- healer I asked him of a favour.
- No.
- healer I asked him a favour.
- Fine, or: I asked him for a favour.
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healerI asked him of a favour.
No.
healerI asked him a favour.
Fine, or:
I asked him for a favour.
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healer Ask of
The idiom is to ask something of somebody.
I asked a favor of him.
I didn't understand what he was asking of me. (I didn't understand what he was asking me to do.)
She gave him whatever he asked of her. (She gave him whatever he asked her to give him.)
This idiom is fairly formal, s
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