The phrase "ask someone from" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when you want to inquire about a person’s origin or affiliation, typically in a context where you are seeking information about where someone is from or who they represent.
Example: "I need to ask someone from the marketing department for their input on the campaign."
Alternatives: "inquire with someone from" or "consult someone from".
But you ask someone from the south about Castleford and they'll probably say rugby league, the same as Wigan or St Helens.
Just ask someone from one of those three states what they think about it, and they'll tell you how much they love it.
Just as museums invite an outside curator to organize an exhibition, officials at Phillips plan to ask someone from the art world to put together one sale every season, and Monday's was the first.
For the industrial unions, the trade debate was the No. 1 issue, but if you ask someone from Afscme or the service employees about free trade or steel quotas, they care as much about that as the average civilian".
Ask someone from Nebraska — or France, Brazil or Japan — to free-associate a bunch of dishes that come to mind when hearing the phrase "New York food," and there is a high probability that pizza and hot dogs will top that list.
Ask someone from the Brexit camp why they want Britain to leave and they would likely put forward at least one, if not all, of these arguments: the country is held back by strict European rules on business; its borders need to be under full UK control; and the free movement of people in Europe needs to stop to limit the numbers of economic migrants.
Try asking someone from Melbourne.
Q. Wonder if meditation and yoga have a protective effect on AD? Peter Tonei, Mass .A. Absolutely, but I am probably biased, (asking an Indian that question is like asking someone from Bordeaux if wine is helpful).
When Chang asks someone from the century-old French Quarter restaurant Galatoire's why Viet-Cajun hasn't caught on, he offers the only convincing explanation: "No one has the balls to do it".
[Set] against the Cultural Revolution, it shows the startlingly intimate reach of politics in that period [which] even affects – and infects – their love". Goodings asked someone from Shanghai who works in Virago's accounts department to read it: "Her face fell and she said, 'I'm not interested in the Cultural Revolution.
Try asking someone from Sweden or Belgium if they think global investing is "risky".
