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'A favor to ask of you'



 
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'A favor to ask of you' #1 (permalink) Tue Nov 21, 2006 8:57 am   'A favor to ask of you'		  
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"Ah! mon ami, I only pray, and hope that God will hear me. Andrew..." she said timidly after a moment's silence, "I have a great favor to ask of you." (Chapter XXVIII, Book I, W.A.P.)


I have a favor to ask of you, too! :D Usually we say 'I have a favor to ask you' or just 'I have got a favor to ask'. Can I understand the quoted 'ask of you' as just an 'old expression' or it does have some grammatical or expressional difference?

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'A favor to ask of you' #2 (permalink) Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:45 am   'A favor to ask of you'		  
Hi,
It is simply a more elaborate way of saying: I have a favour to ask... and in a way sounds a little more polite because after all you want someone to do something for you.

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'A favor to ask of you' #3 (permalink) Tue Nov 21, 2006 16:45 pm   'A favor to ask of you'		  
Hi ...

I would say that "I have a favour to ask of you" (which is not an 'old' expression by any means) is preferable to "I have a favour to ask you", although it is fairly commonly used. Simply saying "I have a favor to ask" is just fine too.
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