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Loviii Posted 3 years ago
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Do what I ask (for) / (you [for]).

Greetings.

https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/where-i-want.31288/#post-231606:
(1) Do what I ask. — correct
(2) Do what I ask you to. — correct
(3) Do what I ask you to do. — correct
(4) Do what I ask of you. — correct

my variants:
(5) Do what I ask for. — is it correct?
(6) Do what I ask you. — is it correct?
(7) Do what I ask you for. — is it correct?

Considering all seven sentences, what is the difference between those which are correct?

Thanks.

  

Top answer

The first four are correct and all mean the same thing. Number 1 is probably the most common. There would have to be some reason to use one of the other three.

— Anonymous

  • The first four are correct and all mean the same thing.
  • Number 1 is probably the most common.
  • There would have to be some reason to use one of the other three.
  • Number 2 sounds emphatic, and 3 even more so.
  • Number 4 is rather formal and old-fashioned.
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The first four are correct and all mean the same thing. Number 1 is probably the most common. There would have to be some reason to use one of the other three. Number 2 sounds emphatic, and 3 even more so. Number 4 is rather formal and old-fashioned.

Your variants are not right. "For" does not work. You ask someone for something, or you ask someone to do something. You can't ask them fo

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loviii(5) Do what I ask for. — is it correct?

No. Give me what I ask for.

loviii(6) Do what I ask you. — is it correct?

No. Answer what I ask you. Answer the question( s) I ask you.

loviii(7) Do what I ask you for. — is it correct?

No.

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