Be questioned of, be asked of
?1. I was questioned of my validity of being there with my child in surgery.
2. I was questioned of who I was.
3. I was asked of my job history and provided a detailed description.
I've come across the sentences on the internet. I'm not sure whether they sound natural or not. I think that "of" isn't the correct preposition in those sentences and it should be changed with "on" or "about" because they doesn't make sense to re-write as below
4. He questioned me of my validity of being there with my child in surgery.
5. He questioned me of who I was.
6. He asked me of my job history and provided a detailed description.
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You need about , not of . One example where of would work is I answered everything asked of me. ) BTW, the verb question is more like interrogate than ask and it seems that your context requires the latter.
- You need about , not of .
- One example where of would work is I answered everything asked of me.
- ) BTW, the verb question is more like interrogate than ask and it seems that your context requires the latter.
- As an aside, I think that people sometimes use of instead of about because of similarities with phrases such as "a question of time/trust etc" but here "of time/trust" are merely adjectivals used postpositively whereas about normally introduces a prepositional phrase.
- Still, the two forms are the same and this can cause confusion.
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You need about, not of.
One example where of would work is
I answered everything asked of me. (=I answered everything they asked me.)
BTW, the verb question is more like interrogate than ask and it seems that your context requires the latter.
As an aside, I think that people sometimes use of instead of about because
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