Timeline for Grammaticality of "I have already asked from him"
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| Dec 25, 2012 at 15:39 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Quotes: 'Apparently, the question is whether the given sentence is grammatical' & 'It is grammatical. The preposition from can be used'. These opinions being open to discussion, and this being a discussion forum, my view is that this is part of a discussion about the said sentence's acceptability. | |
| Dec 24, 2012 at 4:06 | comment | added | Kris | "... which ... we are discussing": I wasn't. | |
| Dec 23, 2012 at 7:37 | answer | added | Barrie England | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 23, 2012 at 7:10 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | @Kris: You've changed the construction from that given, adding a licensing (albeit in a dated way) complement, in your examples. The OP gives a six-word sentence, which is obviously what we're discussing, and which is ungrammatical. | |
| Dec 23, 2012 at 6:11 | answer | added | DWright | timeline score: 0 | |
| Dec 22, 2012 at 23:24 | answer | added | Rory Alsop | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 22, 2012 at 22:07 | comment | added | rhetorician | First, isn't "may" preferable to "can"? Second, I prefer a simple "I did" or "I have." | |
| Dec 21, 2012 at 5:58 | comment | added | Kris | @EdwinAshworth Note that I spoke only of grammatical correctness and nothing of the semantics. What I have already asked from Colin means may or may not be what the OP intended to. | |
| Dec 21, 2012 at 5:56 | comment | added | Kris | @EdwinAshworth "Therefore do not ask from the Lord to lift away the tribulation from you, but ask to receive its blessings. Ask from Him to make the tribulation end with good, and in it to give you patience and strength as well as the benefit that His wisdom intends ..." | |
| Dec 20, 2012 at 17:17 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | @Kris: You are saying that I have already asked from Colin is grammatical? I disagree (as do Bill Franke and ash). | |
| Dec 20, 2012 at 16:06 | comment | added | Peter Shor | When you use already in British English, you are supposed to put the verb in the perfect. This rule does not apply in AmE (although you certainly are allowed to). | |
| Dec 20, 2012 at 15:19 | comment | added | Kris | It is grammatical. The preposition from can be used, as is of, or none at all. As for the idiom, the other answers and comments have offered alternatives. | |
| Dec 20, 2012 at 15:15 | comment | added | Kris | Apparently, the question is whether the given sentence is grammatical, whether to use "from" or another preposition or any at all, in I have already asked ___ C. I think OP is not asking for a better way of stating it. | |
| Dec 20, 2012 at 10:56 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | It is when it rains. In any case, I'd say 'I just did' has been used for quite a long time in the UK, and is general usage. | |
| Dec 20, 2012 at 10:55 | comment | added | Andrew Leach♦ | @EdwinAshworth No, it doesn't. Starting to is not general. | |
| Dec 20, 2012 at 10:53 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | @AndrewLeach: (So British English now does use did in that way.) I'd say that I just have would be fairly unusual, I just have done far more common, and that I just did has been acceptable usage for the last 50 years at least. | |
| Dec 20, 2012 at 10:43 | history | edited | RegDwigнt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 20, 2012 at 9:29 | comment | added | Andrew Leach♦ | @Gangnus Because British English does not say "I just did," it says "I just have". British English does not use did in that way (except that people are beginning to, via an American influence). | |
| Dec 20, 2012 at 8:48 | comment | added | Gangnus | @AndrewLeach Why "have"? The question was in the Past Simple Tense, how can you answer in the Present Perfect Tense? | |
| Dec 20, 2012 at 8:20 | answer | added | rxmnnxfpvg | timeline score: 0 | |
| S Dec 20, 2012 at 8:02 | history | suggested | Em1 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 20, 2012 at 7:46 | comment | added | Andrew Leach♦ | What @Jim said, or in BrE, "I already have." | |
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| S Dec 20, 2012 at 6:28 | history | suggested | user32329 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 20, 2012 at 6:21 | comment | added | Jim | What @BillFranke said, or another very common response is: A - I already did. | |
| Dec 20, 2012 at 6:18 | comment | added | user21497 | No, it's not natural English. "I've already asked him" or "I've already asked for permission from 'xyz'" are the standard responses. | |
| Dec 20, 2012 at 6:15 | history | asked | user1010399 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |