Se non ti convince così com’è, pensa a come lo diresti tu e poi controlla la risposta qui sotto. Se vuoi proporre qualche alternativa, scrivi la tua versione nei commenti. Non tarderò a rispondere.
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VERSIONE CORRETTA QUI SOTTO
Sorry, I can’t help you, I’m afraid.
Why don’t you ask that policeman?
Your comments are always very welcome.
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Why don’t you ask that policeman?
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Very good, Giusi. 🙂
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A me suona meglio così: Sorry, I’m afraid I can’t help you. Why don’t you ask that to the police
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Bene, Anna Maria, in effetti la tua versione è efficace, ma hai cambiato molto più di quanto era realmente necessario. Nel originale cè solamente una piccola parola in più che andrebbe tolta per renderlo perfetto. 🙂
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🙂 oh yes my dear you’re making a mistake :you can’t use “TO” after the verb “TO ASK”
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Oh, thank you so much! You’re so kind!
P.S. Bear in mind, Roberta, that we don’t use the “to” when we put the indirect object first (which is NEARLY always). If you keep to the standard English construction (first the direct object) then you need the “to” before the indirect object. Let me give you a couple of examples:
“If you ask something like this TO the students in my class, they will all know the answer.”
“He asked the same question TO all the people he knew.”
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thank you for your extra explanation prof .I appreciate it .
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🙂
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Ehm, I wonder if it’s always my choice to put, or not, the direct object after the verb or if there are rules that in some way limit my freedom. Taking your examples, am I allowed to say
“If you ask the students in my class something like this , they will all know the answer.”
“He asked all the people he knew the same question”
?
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Generally whenevr it’s possible we put the indirect oject first (a chi), especially in the case of simple nouns and pronouns. However, if the indirect object is long and complicated (this happens occasionally but not very often), putting it first can make the overall comprehension of the sentence a little tricky. If that’s the case then it’s best to use the standard construction with the direct object first. So, no, there’s isn’t a rule, just common sense and a good ear.
“He asked all the people he knew the same question”, for example sounds okay to me.
But how about:
He asked all the people that he met on his way from the office to the railway station the time. 😀
It starts to get a bit dodgy, doesn’t it?
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Definitely! 😉
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🙂
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This “to” Mustn’t be there.
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“Shouldn’t” be there, indeed! 😀
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I wanted to be “bad”👍😂
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Of course! When did you become “Sanro” by the way?
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To???
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Too obvious to an attentive eye like yours, Mauro!
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