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One sentence, two questions?
Would somebody please edit this sentence to be grammatically correct, if it isn't already?
"I had always been full of questions, but who was I to ask them? More to the point, who could I ask them to?"
"But who was I to ask them" meaning "what makes me important enough to be able to ask"
I'm more asking about the latter part of the sentence.
7 Answers
- MariaLv 68 years agoFavorite Answer
"I had always been full of questions, but who was I to ask them? More to the point, to whom could I ask them?"
But I would actually try one of these"
"I had always been full of questions, but who was I to expect an answer? More to the point, where could I go to ask my questions?"
or
"I had always been full of questions, but who was I to dare ask them? More to the point, where could I go to seek answers for my questions?"
- Salt and PeppyLv 78 years ago
The first sentence is correct as it is. The second sentence is confusing. I'm not sure what you are trying to say. Maybe this...?
More to the point, who could I ask?
- ?Lv 68 years ago
You might use "I have" or "I had". Here's the difference:
"I had always been full of questions" but I'm not full of questions anymore.
"I have always been full of questions" and I'm still full of questions.
"Who" should be "whom" because it's the object. Both of the following are correct:
"... whom could I ask them to?"
"... to whom could I ask them?"
- 8 years ago
I think "More to the point, who could I ask them?" would be okay.. I just put the "to" at the end away. It sounds correct to me haha
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- 8 years ago
I have always had questions but who am I to expect them to be answered for me? More importantly, whom could I pose the questions to?
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