The phrase "asking properly" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the act of making a request or inquiry in an appropriate or respectful manner.
Example: "When you need assistance, remember that asking properly can make a significant difference in how people respond to your request."
Alternatives: "making a proper request" or "inquiring appropriately".
His books Asking Properly: The Art of Creative Fundraising (1996) and Tiny Essentials of Writing for Fundraising (2003) still guide and inspire non-profit organisations and their copywriters worldwide.
Startups aren't immune to dubious and irresponsible behaviour, of course — appropriating address book data without asking properly first, for instance, or playing fast and loose with TOS and scaring the bejesus out of users — but those that act like douches have to worry that their douchey behviour will cause them to (rightly) lose users.
But when I would talk to my church leaders about my finding, they would shrug it off or tell me that I wasn't asking properly or I have closed heart.
'He will need to be asked properly.
They don't answer to any name, but if asked properly they can grant wishes.
I question whether the reliability criteria are always asked by assessors and whether they are asked properly and empathetically rather than as a tickbox exercise.
No matter what form of fundraising you end up doing – even if you're a trust fundraiser sending out letters – you need to be able to ask properly".
I'm not saying that I'm glad I didn't get asked properly, because I mean, obviously I wanted to go or I wouldn't be writing about it.
The most common sentiment expressed by the Leavers I spoke with is that we could still have all of the terms we want, if we only knew how to ask properly.
Fonda: Well, I think we'll all agree that the fact that it's out there — you can't solve a problem until the question is posed and people are aware that there's a question, and it's asked properly.
She emphasised the importance of asking for properly structured supervision to help me reflect on my practice.
