Talk:ask for

ask
A note about its relation with ask would improve the entry: how can the intransitive uses of ask, especially when followed by of, be distinguished from the ask for? --Backinstadiums (talk) 11:12, 18 February 2020 (UTC)

Non-idiomatic: We should ask them for a meal sometime
We should ask them for a meal sometime --Backinstadiums (talk) 09:33, 11 May 2020 (UTC)