The phrase "are not often asked" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that certain questions or inquiries are infrequently posed or considered.
Example: "There are many important questions about climate change that are not often asked during public discussions."
Alternatives: "are rarely inquired" or "are seldom posed".
You'd be surprised that most would be happy to be a mentor, but aren't often asked.
Asking voters who they think will win, rather than how they will vote, is supposed to be highly accurate, but since it's not often asked it's hard to test.
In the news release with "Dhaka Dust" Ms. Ahmed poses a question that is not often asked: "What does it mean to be a Philadelphia-born Bangladeshi-American woman, a writer of color with a Muslim surname raised in small Midwestern towns?" "Dhaka Dust," winner of the 2010 Bakeless Prize for poetry, is her attempt at an answer.
"That's quite important in many towns, where they're not often asked about the good things and we've had some great responses.
Keeping all this in mind, I'll address the question I'm not often asked but should often be asked: "How much student loan debt should parents take on?" But first, let's explore if it makes sense for you to pay your children's way through college.
These questions (Are you in love? Who do you care about most? What do you want to do with your life?) are hard to ask and are not often answered sincerely.
"It's not often I'm asked about some random person in America," he said, referring to Norquist.
The Ohio Republican told reporters that it is "not often I'm asked about some random person in America" when pressed whether Norquist was a positive or negative force for the House GOP conference.
Rep. John Boehner, the oily-eyed Speaker of the House who speaks with what we must assume is just a lisp, shrugged off a question about Norquist's influence by saying, "It's not often I'm asked about some random person in America".
