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You should request a higher rate for the days you've worked last weekend.
You should request for a higher rate for the days you've worked last weekend.

I have no doubt that the first sentence correct. What about the second? It looks like a mix-up between "request" and "ask for".
If it's also correct, is there any difference in meaning? When should which be used?

This question is about the verb only. If "request" is a noun ("a request for more money") "for" is obviously necessary.

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  • The second sentence is incorrect, since request as a verb means ask for.
    – Kate Bunting
    Commented Dec 18, 2022 at 13:36
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    The noun request takes a for to introduce the object of the request, but the verb request just takes an object; no preposition required: He requested a double Scotch/his request for a double Scotch.
    – John Lawler
    Commented Dec 18, 2022 at 17:35
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    Both are incorrect for combining the present perfect have worked with last weekend.
    – Tinfoil Hat
    Commented Dec 18, 2022 at 21:11

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If I check Wikipedia there's written,

Request may refer to:
a question, a request for information
or a petition, a formal document demanding something that is submitted to an authority

Now when we are saying,"You should request a higher rate for the days you've worked last weekend" it means a kind of petition or something which I deserve, like I deserve to get a higher rate.

And, "You should request for a higher rate for the days you've worked last weekend" may mean sympathetically a bit, that it would've been helpful to get a higher rate.

However, both are correct to me.

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  • The noun petition can replace the noun request. But if you petition for something, you are using petition as a verb: ask for something formally, in writing.
    – Yosef Baskin
    Commented Dec 18, 2022 at 21:03

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