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Ask for help > is this sentence correct?
is this sentence correct?
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metcet20
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is this sentence correct?
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Hello everybody We need your help?
He asked when my birthday was
Can the verb ask be followed by that clause or there must be a pronoun
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17 Jan 2012
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douglas
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My feeling is that it is okay without the pronoun (I use the form all the time)--one of the rules experts will have to explain it though.
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17 Jan 2012
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kodora
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Here are the meanings of ask and what it can be followed by;
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ask
Now in your sentence asked is an introductory verb which is used to introduce questions so it can be followed by if or the corresponding question word.eg."Can you help me?"He asked me if I could help him. "Where is your book?" He asked me where my book was.
Dora
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17 Jan 2012
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pamela28
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it is correct! n It is indirect speech. so the verbs has to be at the end of the sentence.
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17 Jan 2012
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yanogator
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It is definitely correct. I don �t even know what pronoun you would use, or where you would put it.
Bruce |
17 Jan 2012
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martinasvabova
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I think metcet is asking about the pronoun me after He asked me....
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17 Jan 2012
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metcet20
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Thank you for your answers. I understand from you replies that in reported speech the introductory verb �ask � can be followed either a noun/pronoun or the clause.
He asked me what time itwas.
He asked what time it was. |
17 Jan 2012
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