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Discover LudwigThe phrase "ask rather" is not commonly used in written English and may sound awkward or incomplete.
It can be used in contexts where you want to suggest an alternative approach or perspective, often in a rhetorical sense.
Example: "Instead of making assumptions, we should ask rather what the evidence suggests."
Alternatives: "inquire instead" or "question rather".
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I ask rather baldly.
Ask rather, "How can you build a community around that data?
By learning to ask rather than assume, and to listen rather than judge.
Ask (rather than demand) whether the employer can increase the offer.
Entering politics, Mr. Évole insists, is not in the cards, because "my thing is to ask rather than to judge.
Many times, you can have bigger impact if you know what to ask, rather than knowing what to say.
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"Did you have fun?" I asked, rather inanely.
"Did absolutely nothing go wrong?" George asked rather desperately.
The plays are about asking rather than answering questions.
"Aren't you going to ask me in?" she asked, rather plaintively.
I interfered and asked rather desperately whether it was me he was waiting for.
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