Ask for or Ask

[Ashraful Haque]

This is what I've learned online:
- Ask= requesting something= She asked to see the professor.
- Ask for= want someone to give you something.

If what I've learned are correct please let me know if the following sentences are correct:
1) The taxi driver asked for 100 bucks for getting us to the airport in time for our flight!
2) My father is a wealthy man so he might give me the money if I ask for it.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

This is what I've learned online:
- Ask= requesting something= She asked to see the professor.
- Ask for= want someone to give you something.

If what I've learned are correct please let me know if the following sentences are correct:
1) The taxi driver asked for 100 bucks for getting us to the airport in time for our flight!
2) My father is a wealthy man so he might give me the money if I ask for it.

That's right.

Is that what you're asking?

 

[teechar]

This is what I've learned online:
- "Ask" means requesting something. For example: "She asked to see the professor".

That's not the only use of "ask". There are several more. Have you consulted a reputable online dictionary?

- "Ask for" means wanting someone to give you something.

Not always.
He asked for Jane, not Belinda.
He asked for forgiveness.

If what I've learned [STRIKE]are[/STRIKE] is correct, please let me know if the following sentences are correct.
1) The taxi driver asked for 100 bucks for getting us to the airport in time for our flight!
2) My father is a wealthy man, so he might give me the money if I ask for it.

Yes, those are possible.

 

[Ashraful Haque]

That's not the only use of "ask". There are several more. Have you consulted a reputable online dictionary?



Not always.
He asked for Jane, not Belinda.
He asked for forgiveness.


Yes, those are possible.

I know that ask also means to question. For example- I asked where she went.

My main problem was where to use 'for.' Do we always use 'for' when we want someone to give us something like in my examples? Or are there exceptions?

What's the difference between:
1) I asked her address.
2) I asked for her address.

 

[teechar]

1) I asked her address.

That means you communicated with her address, which is nonsensical.

2) I asked for her address.

That's correct.
If you don't want to use "for", you can say, for example:
I asked her to give me her address.

 

[Ashraful Haque]

That means you communicated with her address, which is nonsensical.


That's correct.
If you don't want to use "for", you can say, for example:
I asked her to give me her address.

Thank you very much. Now I see why the first sentence is wrong. I came across another problem when talking about a payment. I said:
"He asked $100 for four days a week."

But I think I was wrong. It should've been "He asked for $100 for four days a week."

 

[teechar]

"He asked $100 for four days a week."
But I think I was wrong.

No, that is not wrong. Take a look at entry #2.3 for "ask" as a verb in the following link.
https://www.lexico.com/definition/ask

 

[Ashraful Haque]

No, that is not wrong. Take a look at entry #2.3 for "ask" as a verb in the following link.
https://www.lexico.com/definition/ask

Thank you very much for the link. It says ‘he was asking £250 for the guitar.’ What if I leave out the last part only say 'he asked $250?'
Does it make sense?

 

[teechar]

It would be understood in the right context.