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Discover LudwigThe phrase "I asked anyone" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used incorrectly because "anyone" suggests a lack of specificity, making it unclear who was asked. Example: "I asked anyone who might know the answer, but no one responded."
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"I asked anyone and everyone to sign it," Niederhoffer said.
(And I asked anyone who set food in our room).
"But who are they?" I asked, "Anyone my age?" It was a natural question, so Bobbie's response was a Jim Bunning hardball to my heart".
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Last Monday, he assured Americans categorically that "at no time did I ask anyone to lie".
I ask anyone who knows where they are or might have seen them to tell this court or the local police".
She added: "I ask anyone who feels as strongly as we do to let your voices be heard.
"Ultimately, I believe I will be vindicated because I never did anything improper, nor did I ask anyone else to do so," Mr. Dopp said.
"Therefore, I ask anyone who has seen or spoken to them to please contact police".
"I ask anyone with depression to speak out to someone before you start making any mistakes like I did," he said.
Every year I have asked anyone I could find whether these two tragedies had been mentioned at their children's school assemblies: They had not.
"I never asked anyone to call off or postpone the hearings".
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