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The phrase "actually asked me" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to emphasize that someone made a request or inquiry directly to the speaker, often in a context where the speaker might not have expected it.
Example: "I was surprised when she actually asked me to help her with the project."
Alternatives: "truly inquired of me" or "really requested me".
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A lady actually asked me that after a show once.
He actually asked me some questions about some plays.
Cassano was surprised at the controversy and actually asked me what homophobia meant.
One time she actually asked me if I was an air marshal.
"The thing is, I would have gone on The Andrew Marr Show if only they had actually asked me.
"My boss actually asked me to go," she said, laughing as she prepared to visit a friend in New Jersey.
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Sure, you may be curious, but what you're actually asking me to do is explain and justify my disability.
"I remember Damon ringing up one day and saying: 'What you are actually asking me to write is an opera'," said Mr Poots.
I thought: 'God, is he actually asking me now?'" That was the point, presumably, when Kenny whipped out a £15 ring?
He stared at me for so long, one inch from my face, breathing like he'd run a race, his breath smelling like powdered eggs, that I thought he was actually asking me if I knew how much it cost.
They – although there was no "they", just an automated message sent from a cold place where there is no feeling only a mechanical pretence of feeling – were actually asking me to "review" as a customer who had recently bought some items, including the latest Charlie Haden album, Sophisticated Ladies.
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