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I can believe you, but, having read your previous comments in this thread, I'm still not seeing the distinction between ask and request.
by RickHull 13y ago
I can believe you, but, having read your previous comments in this thread, I'm still not seeing the distinction between ask and request.
- lowboy 13y agoAn ask is the subject/object of a request. If you were to request a cookie, you would say "Can I have a cookie?". The entire question is the request, where "cookie" is the ask.
- jrmg 13y agoIf that were the case, to 'make an ask' would in this case mean to make the cookie, which it doesn't. It seems like 'ask' is a verb, not a noun - in which case it is synonymous with 'request'. People seem to be arguing that it's a 'more specific' form of 'request', but I can't really see how you could make a nonspecific request. Edit: Ha! I even confused myself... 'Ask' here is indeed a noun - like 'request' when used as a noun - but it still seems to refer to be entire request, not just the object (which is the point I was trying to make).
- lowboy 13y agoYeah, it does seem a bit weird to "make an ask" if the ask is the object. As to the "more specific" bit, I think people mean it has a slightly different meaning than a request.
- wpietri 13y ago"Request" is a pretty broad term. An ask is focused, specific, planned. It's something more like "negotiating point" or "initial position" or "requirement" or "demand".