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I think "Ask a question of" and "Ask a question to" are both wrong. Why not just "Ask Cyberdyne Customers a Question"?
by calambrac 18y ago
I think "Ask a question of" and "Ask a question to" are both wrong. Why not just "Ask Cyberdyne Customers a Question"?
- mdemare 18y agoCalambrac's correct, nobody uses the first two forms, as google will tell you. But why not? This is actually a very interesting question. You'd say "Cyberdyne Customers" is an indirect object. I give Cyberdyne Customers a cookie. I give a cookie to Cyberdyne Customers. I ask Cyberdyne Customers a question. *I ask a question to Cyberdyne Customers. Why is the last form incorrect? What rules apply here? If you're interested in questions like this, I can recommend Steven Pinker's "The Stuff of Thought" ( http://www.amazon.com/Stuff-Thought-Language-Window-Nature/dp/0143114247 http://www.amazon.com/Stuff-Thought-Language-Window-Nature/d... )