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Wonder123 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

to or requesting to

He received a message from his friends a while ago, to/requesting to help them solve the problem.

I received a lots of requests from people from all over the world to/requesting to teach them how to make the new chicken soup recipe that I came up with recently.

Should I use to or requesting to in the above sentences? Please help.
  

Top answer

Both your options seem unsatisfactory to me. I would say: ... asking him to help them solve the problem.

— GPY

  • Both your options seem unsatisfactory to me.
  • I would say: ...
  • asking him to help them solve the problem.
  • asking me to teach them...
  • or (more formal-sounding): ...
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Both your options seem unsatisfactory to me. I would say:

... asking him to help them solve the problem.
... asking me to teach them...

or (more formal-sounding):

... requesting that he help them solve the problem.
... requesting that I teach them...

However, the second one does suffer slightly from
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I've rewritten the sentence please check it.

He received a message from his friends a while ago requesting that he help them solve the problem.

I received a lot of requests from people from all over the world requesting that I teach them how to make the new chicken soup recipe that I came up with recently.
GPY don't think it's necessary to repeat "from" in
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Wonder123I've rewritten the sentence please check it.He received a message from his friends a while ago requesting that he help them solve the problem.I received a lot of requests from people from all over the world requesting that I teach them how to make the new chicken soup recipe that I came up with recently.GPY don't think it's necessary to repeat "from" in the secon
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