enter v. absorb v. go into v. pass.

work v. act v. function.

I would like to ask you that are all these in the same meaning and correct and idiomatic?

1.None of those sentences works for me.
2.None of those sentences acts for me.
3.None of those sentences functions for me.

Above three would be an answer for whether the word is correct or not?


Thank you.

emsr2d2 said:

There's no such thing as "the water of the blood".

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That's what I was thinking too when I saw that sentence, but then the link provided by the OP shows the sentence was written by a presumably native (or at least proficient) speaker of English.

I totally agree that the original sentence was phrased badly and/or in an unnaturally simplistic manner.

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Piscean said:

Only the first is correct and idiomatic.

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Would you please explain why "ask you" cannot take "that" as in the "I said that ..."

Thank you.

Re: work v. act v. function.

1. I don't know whether it is correct.
2. I would like to ask you whether it is correct.

'That' doesn't make sense above.

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Different verbs take different constructions. You just have to learn that.

I would like to say that I love you. (You can omit "that".)
I would like to ask you if you love me.

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emsr2d2 said:

Different verbs take different constructions. You just have to learn that.

I would like to say that I love you. (You can omit "that".)
I would like to ask you if you love me.

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Do you mean that "ask" never take "that" to introduce another clause?

Thank you.

Re: work v. act v. function.

Not necessarily.

I ask that you not smoke. (I request that you do not smoke.)

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Piscean said:

No. It can. Here are some examples: http://fraze.it/n_search.jsp?q="ask+That"&l=0.

However, in introducing reported speech, ask is followed by if, whether, or a wh- question word, not by that.

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But is "ask + question" a reported speech?

Thank you.

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1. He asked 'Is it correct?'.
2. He asked whether it was correct.

2 is in reported speech, and it is not a question.

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emsr2d2 said:

Different verbs take different constructions. You just have to learn that.

I would like to say that I love you. (You can omit "that".)
I would like to ask you if you love me.

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I am asking this to be sure of if it is "you" make incorrect the use of "that" in "ask you that" so is this correct: "I would like to ask if you love me" ? Or make sense because it is a little vague to whom the question is pointed.

Thank you.

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I think the problem does not lie in 'you' but in reported speech.
Can you find the conjunction 'that' in the examples below?
http://www.ef.com/english-resources/english-grammar/question-forms-and-reported-speech/