"reason for asking" is a grammatically correct phrase.
You can use it to ask someone to explain why they are asking a particular question. For example: "Why are you asking me this? Could you explain your reason for asking?".
"Yes," enthused the receptionist, entirely misunderstanding my reason for asking.
But Mr. Sharpton has made editorial content the reason for asking the government to step in.
And with an assured shorthold tenancy you do not need to have a reason for asking your tenant to leave.
Neither seems a good reason for asking the taxpayer to cough up.What about the unfortunate example that breaking a contract, or imposing a tax would set?
Under Section 21 the landlord doesn't need to give a reason for asking the tenant to leave, although he or she must give them two months' notice.
I admire that your wife came up with such a thought-provoking reason for asking you to get rid of your garbage-toys.
When everything came out this week about the real reasons for asking for boarding passes I felt vindicated".
In a separate submission, filed under seal, the prosecutors gave specific reasons for asking that documents on the docket be redacted or kept secret.
The OFT will tomorrow give its reasons for asking the commission whether it could have jurisdiction over the case, in a stock exchange announcement.
And scarred by his experience of performing to survivors at Bergen-Belsen the year before, Britten had his own reasons for asking that question.
There are only two reasons for asking Israel to disarm: to assuage Arab pride hurt by not having something Israel has, and to rekindle Arabs' dreams of someday destroying Israel with impunity.
