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| Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 5:56 am
Post subject: ask vs. question |
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I made a note to myself some time ago that many of my students mix up
"question" and "ask" as verbs, but now that I want to think of an
example, I'm going blank. Has anybody else noticed this pattern? |
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R J Valentine
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| Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 5:56 am
Post subject: Re: ask vs. question |
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On 20 May 2005 16:56:11 -0700 brians@wsu.edu wrote:
} I made a note to myself some time ago that many of my students mix up
} "question" and "ask" as verbs, but now that I want to think of an
} example, I'm going blank. Has anybody else noticed this pattern?
Do they mix up "gift" and "give" as verbs?
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R. J. Valentine <mailto:rj@theWorld.com> |
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Robert Lieblich
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| Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 7:16 am
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brians@wsu.edu wrote:
| Quote: | I made a note to myself some time ago that many of my students mix up
"question" and "ask" as verbs, but now that I want to think of an
example, I'm going blank. Has anybody else noticed this pattern?
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1. He asked what my position was. (Seeking information)
2. He asked my position. (Same)
3. He questioned my position. (He raised doubts about my position)
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Bob Lieblich
Whose new computer is sig-happy |
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Chris Malcolm
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| Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 4:32 pm
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brians@wsu.edu wrote:
| Quote: | I made a note to myself some time ago that many of my students mix up
"question" and "ask" as verbs, but now that I want to think of an
example, I'm going blank. Has anybody else noticed this pattern?
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It's a common concomitant of age.
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Chris Malcolm cam@infirmatics.ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 651 3445 DoD #205
IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK
[http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/] |
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