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Originally Posted by FW Are these sentences correct:
1-I asked for us to leave.
2-I asked that we leave.
3-I asked him for us to leave.
4-I asked him that we leave.
5-I asked that the desk be brought into the room.
6-I aked for the desk to be brought into the room.
7-I asked him that the desk be brought into the room.
8-I aked him for the desk to be brought into the room. |
Only 5 & 6 look good to me. One cannot ask one's self to leave. The last two are awkward at best.
A person can ask for
permission to leave. For example, a child might tell his father he wants to go home. He might say, for example, "May I go home?" That would be asking for permission to leave.
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