Yes.
Prepositions are tricky, aren't they?I am confused now. We cannot say "I asked a question from my teacher" but we can say "we cannot ask for something from someone". What is the reason? We can use "from" in the latter but not in the former.
I am confused now. We cannot say "I asked a question from my teacher" but we can say "we cannot ask for something from someone". What is the reason? We can use "from" in the latter but not in the former.
In the pattern ask for something, the meaning is that you make a request. That usually means you want someone to give you something. If you follow this pattern with from, the person who gives you the thing you want is what comes after from.
The pattern ask something has a completely different meaning. In this case, you're not making a request but a question. You can follow this pattern with to, where the person who comes after to is the person who answers the question.
ask for something = request
ask something = question
Does that help?"Tom is asking his teacher a question" or "Tom is asking his father about the Earth". Are these correct?
That's how to say those sentences.
Don't we have to use "of" in these kinds of sentences instead of "to"?
You don't have to use of or to.
In what real-life situation do you want to use this sentence?We cannot ask for money from patients.
If you spent more time reading instead of creating imaginary scenarios, you'd soon discover that native English-speakers don't write sentences like that."Tom is asking a question to his teacher" or "Tom is asking about Earth to his father".
In what real-life situation do you want to use this sentence?
If you spent more time reading instead of creating imaginary scenarios, you'd soon discover that native English-speakers don't write sentences like that.