Ordinarily we use none of these: we say ask a person/him/her a question. But when we wish to express the person to whom the question is addressed with a preposition phrase, we use of: ask a question of a person/him/her. Likewise, we inquire of someone what it is that we want to know. But as MrsLannister points out, this does not hold with other ...

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2016年3月2日 · 'Can I have a question?' makes sense if there is a quiz master with many questions to ask of contestants. If one of the contestants is feeling left out they might ask this question. Precisely this usage has come up recently in one of the Republican debates I think. –

2016年5月16日 · "from" is not used with 'ask a question'. The normal usage is "ask a question", but you can also say "ask a question of". So: What questions do they ask a communication trainer? What questions do they ask of a communication trainer? are both OK. Some variants allowed are: What questions do they pose to a communication trainer?

In the most basic form, ask can be applied to any question and the response may be completely ignored if not required. Inquire, on the other hand, implies an eagerness on the part of the former to receive a response.

That would convey your question politely and clearly. Note also that asking for "your next work" is likely not correct, unless you are using a special meaning of work. You would have to ask for your next work item, or next piece of work or something like …

2018年8月12日 · The NOAD reports that ask is also a noun: noun [in singular] 1. a request, especially for a donation: an ask for more funding. 2. the price at which an item, especially a financial security, is offered for sale: [as adjective] ask prices for bonds.

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2018年12月29日 · Don't Ask Questions for the Sake of Asking Questions. By that I mean don't ask a question if you don't want to listen to the answer. Few things in this world are as frustrating to an interviewer as giving a thorough answer, only to find the student is paying no attention. Nevertheless, the idea behind the saying is quite old.

2013年4月17日 · Surprisingly enough, ask as a noun meaning an Asking, inquiry; thing asked, request. has been around for more than a thousand years — the verb ask dates from 885 ᴀᴅ, so a bit older than the 1000 ᴀᴅgiven below for the noun.