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Navitasan Posted 7 years ago
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Asked him to go in

1) I approached the guard and asked him to go in.

Could this mean that I asked him to let me go in?


2) The policeman asked me to see my id card.

Could this mean that he asked me to show him my id card? He asked to see my id card....


Gratefully,

Navi

  

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navitasan 1) I approached the guard and asked him to go in. Could this mean that I asked him to let me go in? Colloquially, yes, as most people know what you are getting at.

— David Hatton

  • navitasan 1) I approached the guard and asked him to go in.
  • Could this mean that I asked him to let me go in?
  • Colloquially, yes, as most people know what you are getting at.
  • Technically, no.
  • The sentence states that you are asking the guard to go in, whereas in reality you are asking if you may go in.
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navitasan1) I approached the guard and asked him to go in.
Could this mean that I asked him to let me go in?

Colloquially, yes, as most people know what you are getting at.

Technically, no. The sentence states that you are asking the guard to go in, whereas in reality you are asking if you may go in.

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noun(1) + "asked" + pronoun(2) + infinitive
~ noun(1) asked that pronoun(2) do infinitive

noun(1) + "asked" + infinitive
~ noun(1) asked that noun(1) be allowed + infinitive

navitasanI approached the guard and asked him to go in.

I asked him (the guard) to go

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