I contacted the moderator and <font color="#ee82ee"><b>asked for him</b></font> to get involved in helping me<br/><br/>I tend to write the sentence as, "<b>I contacted the moderator and <font color="#ee82ee">asked him</font> to get involved in helping me",</b> and it sounds very natural.<br/><br/>I wonder why the preposition "for" has been used between "asked him" in the original sentence.<br/><br/>Please help me.