1. I asked them to be always on time.
2. I asked that they should always be on time.
Are the both grammatical ?
Thank you,
Is there any rule to put adverb "always" in two sentences above?I asked them to always be on time.
I asked that they always be on time.
Could you tell us why you think SHOULD doesn't fit?
In the OALD 8th, it says when ASK means to tell somebody that you would like them to do something or that you would like something to happen, a BrE example sentence is She asked that she should be kept informed.
What's the difference?
Thank you.
I am studying at university in Hong Kong and major in English.
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You can, anhnha, find what you are looking for right here. Besides, Tdol did mention something very interesting about always that deserves to be taken into consideration, post #2.
Thank you, Odessa Dawn:
What I mean here is why #2 is correct but #1 is not correct?
1. I asked them to be always on time.
2. I asked them to always be on time.
There is a rule that adverbs of frequency come before the main verb but after present and past forms of be (am, are, is, was, were). However, in #2 "always" don't follow this rule that is confusing me.
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