Question about sentences
Dear all, .
Recently I have seen in a grammar book that the following sentences are wrong as the word "asked" is followed by the word "to".
1) I asked to my friend.
2) I asked the question to my friend.
But I have seen the following sentences in a video. This really confused me. Here the word" asked" is followed by the word "to".
1) I asked her to leave me alone.
2) My mother asked me to clean my room.
3) The doctor asked me not to eat for 12 hours before the surgery.
I would like to get your valuable opinion on this.
Thank you.
Top answer
To leave, to clean and to eat are infinitives, in other words, forms of a verb. There is no such verb as to my friend. Before a verb, to is a particle, but before my friend it is a preposition.
- To leave, to clean and to eat are infinitives, in other words, forms of a verb.
- There is no such verb as to my friend.
- Before a verb, to is a particle, but before my friend it is a preposition.
- Ask should not be followed by the preposition to.
- However, in another sense, another preposition is possible: I'm not asking too much of you.
Get the Weekly English Kit 📬
New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.
To leave, to clean and to eat are infinitives, in other words, forms of a verb. There is no such verb as to my friend.
Before a verb, to is a particle, but before my friend it is a preposition. Ask should not be followed by the preposition to. However, in another sense, another preposition is possible: I'm not asking too much of
0cat navy 425asked
"ask" is one of those ditransitive verbs in English which cannot take both forms like "give":
I gave my friend the money.
I gave the money to my friend.
I asked my friend a question.I asked a question to my friend.
However, you do see I asked a question of my frien
0
Related Questions