1. I asked them to be always on time.
2. I asked that they should always be on time.
Are the both grammatical ?
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.
I asked them to always be on time.
I asked that they always be on time.
"Should" doesn't fit with this particular example at all.
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.
Thank you,
Is there any rule to put adverb "always" in two sentences above?
*** NOT A TEACHER ***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.
#1 is not incorrect.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.
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.I think that in the second sentence, we need the full infinitive form. However, it is parallel construction with to be in which case the word to can be dropped.
*** NOT A TEACHER ***
I think that in the second sentence, we need the full infinitive form. However, it is parallel construction with to be in which case the word to can be dropped.
NOI asked them to always to be on time. Is the previous statement correct?