ESL-lover said:
What about theses examples:
I asked to go home.
I asked John to go home.
I asked for children to have extra milk.
Thanks.............
The first two sound ok to me (meaning 'to make a request). The third one, though, is a little confusing.
I could find two possibilities:
I asked extra milk for the children.
(You were out of milk and asked some more.)
I asked the children do have (or drink) extra milk.
(You may have thought your children needed to drink extra milk and asked them to do so.)
I may be wrong and would like to see other comments.
Murilo