one more thing I'd like to ask you for

[emp0608]

Hi folks,

One of my students wrote, “There’s also one more thing I’d like to ask you for. I need your abstract and keywords, but these can be submitted at the time of proofreading.”

I have two questions concerning her first sentence. First, she writes “one more thing” but actually there are two things the author of the paper is supposed to send in—the abstract and the keywords. Do you think she should write “There are two more things”? Or do you think she could get away with “There’s something else”?

Second, “I’d like to ask you for” doesn’t somehow sit well with me on this occasion. Should she just say, “I’d like you to send in”?

 

[teechar]

Do you think she should write “There are two more things”? Or do you think she could get away with “There’s something else”?

You are nitpicking! There's nothing wrong with what she wrote. She's simply asking for two things in one question.

Second, “I’d like to ask you for” doesn’t somehow sit well with me on this occasion. Should she just say, “I’d like you to send in”?

No. Again, what she wrote is perfectly natural.