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It might sound weird to you, but it's correct. Noun ask (plural asks) 1. An act or instance of asking. 2. Something asked or asked for; a request.
by slazaro 10y ago
It might sound weird to you, but it's correct.
Noun
ask (plural asks)
1. An act or instance of asking.
2. Something asked or asked for; a request.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ask https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ask
- userbinator 10y agoMore information here: http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/4246/can-or-should-ask-ever-be-used-as-a-noun http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/4246/can-or-shoul... Personally I never use it because it can sound far too close to "ass" especially through low-fidelity channels.
- morgante 10y agoAccording to that link, it's been part of "Microsoft-speak" for over a decade. It's definitely a noun, but the kind of noun that only annoying business people use.
- nutheracc 10y agoNow try to find it in a real dictionary.
- Sacho 10y agoHere's oxford dictionaries on the word: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/ask http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/ask > [WITH ADJECTIVE] informal A demand or situation that requires a specified degree of effort or commitment: > it is a big ask for him to go and play 90 minutes > it was a tough ask, but they delivered Or OED: http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/11505?rskey=xAEeZD&result=1#eid http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/11505?rskey=xAEeZD&result=1#ei... > Westm. Papers 1 Nov. 107 Who has not suffered when he has played correctly second hand..from his partner assuming that there has been an ask for trumps? > 2014 D. Chapman Ascendant lxxiii. 301 A plane? Full of people?.. That is an enormous ask.