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Bn77 Posted 18 years ago
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You're asking too much of me.

0W: why are you wearing sunglasses? Is that a black eye I see?02br
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01b01font00(a) will you please mind your own business?02font02b02br
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00(b) That's just the way you see things. 02br
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00(c) I'm actually looking for a new pair., 02br
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00(d) You're asking too much of me. 02br
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0Hi Bn77, 02br 02br 00Logically, it's a perfectly good answer, but as an idiom it has a different meaning. 0-

— Avangi

  • 0Hi Bn77, 02br 02br 00Logically, it's a perfectly good answer, but as an idiom it has a different meaning.
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0Hi Bn77, 02br
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00Logically, it's a perfectly good answer, but as an idiom it has a different meaning. "You're asking me to do something which is beyond my capabilities, or my willingness to comply, or what would be reasonable for a prudent person to ask me to do."02br
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00Best wishes, - A.0-
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0Note the difference between asking a question and asking someone to do something.02br
00Asking a question is asking for an answer. 02br
00Examples: 01i00Are you taller than six feet? What is your name? Is that a black eye?02i02br
00Asking someone to do something is not just asking for an answer. It's expecting the other person to behav
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0> 01span00(01i00d) You're asking too much of me.02i00 02span02br
00Wrong idiom. The right one is:02br
01i01span00You're asking too many questions (which means, you're bothering/annoying me). 02span02i0-
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite11i10You're asking too many questions (which means, you're bothering/annoying me).12i12blockquote
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10"You're asking too much of me" is only possible as a response to the second kind of asking.12b
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01cite10Avangi12cite10 Isn't your position too extreme? 12blockquote
10I didn't think so! Apparently, we've hit a nerve! 05002br
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00Speaking of "You're asking too much of me" as the response to "Is that a black eye I see?", you say01blockquote
00Logically, it's a perfect
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0Hi Jim, thanks much for replying.02br
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00I meant to say we agree on the importance of the idiom in the test example, but I think we should be more inclusive of unusual uses, and not prohibit them; as context (often absent) may justify them.02br
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00Yes, there's a nerve there.02br
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00Best wishes, - A.0-
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