• @corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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      a big ask

      You may think, but it’s a really a big request. ‘Ask’ is still a verb unless you’re selling used Lincolns.

      • @huppakee@lemm.ee
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        1129 days ago

        It’s just regular English mate, also what the hell do you mean with ask not being a verb if youre selling used Lincolns??

      • Pup Biru
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        29 days ago

        https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ask

        ask noun [C usually singular] (REQUEST)

        something that someone is asked or expected to do, usually when this will be difficult:

        • big ask To refinance that amount of debt is a big ask in an environment where credit is tight.

        • He recognizes that a successful title defence is a major ask.

        • It would be quite an ask for him to switch sides at such short notice.

      • @jve@lemmy.world
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        29 days ago

        You may think, but it’s a really a big request. ‘Ask’ is still a verb unless you’re selling used Lincolns.

        Honestly, it just makes sense that the grammar nazis that would pipe up in a post like this would be imbeciles.

        • Pup Biru
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          429 days ago

          they’re getting downvotes because they’re calling someone out on grammar issues while being completely and verifiably wrong in not only the technical, but also the colloquial sense