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Ask and ask for Verbs  AskAsk is a verb meaning ‘put a question or seek an answer from someone’:Can I ask you a question?He asked me what age I was.‘How are you?’ she asked.Ask + to-infinitiveWe can use ask with the to-infinitive to talk about requesting something:She asked to see Professor Fenton. (ask + to-infinitive)We asked the City Council to help us organise a sports day. (ask + object + to-infinitive).  Ask forIf you ask for something, it means that you want someone to give you something:I always ask for extra tomato sauce on my pizza.They asked their boss for more money, but he refused.Warning: Don’t confuse ask for and demand. Demand means ‘ask for something forcefully’, in a way that shows we are not expecting a refusal:We are writing to ask for your help in finding suitable accommodation in New Haven.Not: We are writing to demand … Ask and ask for: typical errorWe use for when we request someone to give us something:I called them to ask for more details.Not: I called them to ask more details.

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https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/ask-and-ask-for common verbs

Topic	Ask and ask for
Source	https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/ask-and-ask-for
Section	Verbs
SubSection	common verbs
Content	Ask Ask is a verb meaning ‘put a question or seek an answer from someone’: Can I ask* you a question?* He asked* me what age I was.* ‘How are you?’ she asked. Ask + to-infinitive We can use ask with the to-infinitive to talk about requesting something: She asked to see* Professor Fenton.* (ask + to-infinitive) We asked* the City Council to help us organise a sports day.* (ask + object + to-infinitive). Ask for If you ask for something, it means that you want someone to give you something: I always ask for* extra tomato sauce on my pizza.* They asked* their boss for more money, but he refused.* Warning: Don’t confuse ask for and demand. Demand means ‘ask for something forcefully’, in a way that shows we are not expecting a refusal: We are writing to ask for* your help in finding suitable accommodation in New Haven.* Not: ~~We are writing to demand~~ … Ask and ask for: typical error We use for when we request someone to give us something: I called them to ask for* more details.* Not: ~~I called them to ask more details~~.

I Asked Verbs Infinitive Means Give Demand Writing

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Ask + to-infinitive

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Ask and ask for: typical error