This usage of "ask" is quite old, and as is often the case, everything old becomes new again: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/111597/the-ask-is-this

This usage of "ask" is quite old, and as is often the case, everything old becomes new again: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/111597/the-ask-is-this-a-buzzword-or-just-bad-grammar https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/111597/the-ask-i...