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  1. Ask me anything; Ask anything to me. If you ask me whether he was right, I would tell you "No". If you ask me about whether he was right, .... If you ask to me whether he was right, I would tell you "No". If you ask to me about whether he was right, ... So I hear the construction between ask + me + something but I like to know which sentences ...

  2. Anything but is the commonly used phrase and means not at all. Aside from that, they both mean the same thing more or less. In some instances you may need a pause before except but that depends on context. anything but not at all (used for emphasis): he is anything but racist.(OED) We cannot do anything except to work on daily basis.(nytimes)

  3. Feb 6, 2019 · "Something" is usually more specific, while "anything" is all-inclusive. That's why "anything" is often used in a negative sentence, since it's negation is more conclusive. "I don't know anything about that." vs. "I don't know something about that." The first is absolute ignorance, the second is ignorance of a particular fact.

  4. Apr 4, 2013 · 3. "Ask of someone" would tend to imply asking for something from someone, perhaps a favor. Whereas, "ask someone" simply means to ask someone something, like a question. Perhaps more clearly illustrated with "They are asking too much of him," vs *"They are asking him too much."

  5. Apr 17, 2013 · 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.

  6. Let me add one possibility no one has mentioned: an appositive. Bill and Mark, they’re good chaps. Me, I’m thinking of staying. Me myself, I’m thinking of staying. Your father and me, we’re thinking of staying. My partners and me, we’re interested in investing in your product. All those are grammatical.

  7. Aug 30, 2011 · ask you a favo(u)r; ask you for a favo(u)r; As you can see, the forms without the preposition for are more common (with "ask you a favor" generating the highest results). In common use, one may conclude that this is the preferred form.

  8. Aug 13, 2018 · @J.J. The first is referring to the past, the second is referring to now. Things are complicated though, because you can't tell always from the tense used. "would have done" in grammars is called the conditional perfect or past conditional.

  9. Apr 19, 2014 · 知无不言的剧情简介 · · · · · ·. Beautiful, wild, funny, and lost, Katie Kampenfelt takes a year off before college to find herself, all the while chronicling her adventures in an anonymous blog into which she pours her innermost secrets. Eventually, Katie's fearless narrative begins to crack, and dark pieces of her past emerge.

  10. Aug 16, 2011 · 4. This meaning of ask (definition 7) is mentioned in the OALD: [transitive] to expect or demand something ... ask something of somebody You're asking too much of him. So, "doing everything you’re asking of it" means doing everything you expect or demand of it. That sense is derived by the use of the preposition of -- see your own example.

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