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Discover LudwigThe phrase "compelled to ask" is an acceptable phrase in written English.
It is typically used when one feels compelled to ask a question because of a particular situation. For example, "Given the circumstances, I'm compelled to ask why this happened."
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But one is compelled to ask: Is anyone throwing punches?
I feel compelled to ask you to comment on that.
And so, not long after meeting him, Ms. Curry felt compelled to ask: Who counsels you?
But committee members are not compelled to ask about the political affiliations of potential employers.
He made it clear he did not want anyone to feel compelled to ask him that again.
In these cases a man is not compelled to ask of thought the question, what is a finger?
We were compelled to ask her to be in one of the allotment scenes in Another Year.
("Why did one little girl have to have so much suffering?" the child's mother feels compelled to ask).
Moreover, the same Adair is compelled to ask in the NFT's programme: "Has he [Cocteau] survived his life?
He suggests that the reader is compelled to ask "to what extent architecture is a protected form of speech".
If I can laugh at that, she'll be compelled to ask herself, how grief-smitten can I really be?
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
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