I ask a question of her.
1) I send her a flower.
-> I send a flower to her.
2) I ask her a question.
-> I ask a question of her.
I know that the #1 is correct but I am not sure of the #2. Can I rewrite ‘I ask her a question’ to ‘I ask a question of her.’
What do you native English speakers think?
Thank you so much as usual.
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Hans51 I know that the #1 is correct but I am not sure of the #2. Can I rewrite ‘I ask her a question’ to ‘A question is asked of her’? Yes, but it is very rare and rather awkward and formal.
- Hans51 I know that the #1 is correct but I am not sure of the #2.
- Can I rewrite ‘I ask her a question’ to ‘A question is asked of her’?
- Yes, but it is very rare and rather awkward and formal.
- More common: Her parents asked a lot of her.
- They demanded that she be in the top 10% of her class, that she only have friends they approved of ....
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Hans51I know that the #1 is correct but I am not sure of the #2. Can I rewrite ‘I ask her a question’ to ‘A question is asked of her’?
Yes, but it is very rare and rather awkward and formal.
More common:
Her parents asked a lot of her. They demanded that she be in the top 10% of her class, that she only have friends they approved of ....
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