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without being asked them to, vs without being asked,

Both phrases are not correct in English. The correct form would be "without being asked." The addition of "them to" in the first phrase is unnecessary and grammatically incorrect.

Last updated: March 25, 2024 • 474 views

without being asked them to,

This phrase is not correct in English.

The correct form is "without being asked." The addition of "them to" is unnecessary and incorrect.
  • The committee has, without being asked, taken the initiative to draw up a report on the follow-up to the interparliamentary conference on combating fraud in the Union.
  • He's returned some of the money without being asked.
  • An ideal butler provides service without being asked.
  • You should tell me the truth without being asked.
  • I'm taking the Christmas tree out to the curb without being asked.
  • I also took the Christmas tree down to the curb without being asked.
  • Inside, quick - legend says they can't follow without being asked.
  • It was important that the French state should not put before the Commission a fait accompli without being asked.
  • The windscreen wipers occasionally set off for a wander all on their own without being asked.
  • Even our own cops can't go in there without being asked.
  • The lendee should return the item to the lender without being asked.
  • Then tell me, how can a black man, dressed like me, just march in and start poking around without being asked any questions?
  • And we even did the coupons that seemed a little strange now that we were adults, like "take a bath without being asked."
  • People cannot be given a constitution without permission being asked of them.
  • Moreover, immigrants must be accorded all political rights without any questions being asked about their willingness to integrate.
  • And a lot of licit banks were also happy to accept deposits from very dubious sources without questions being asked.
  • Moreover, without upper limits on finance, some so-called net contributors will feel that too much is being asked of them.
  • The EC intervention can only contribute to, without being the sole generator of, increased trade and investment.
  • Firstly, the present proposal is being debated and voted on in this House before we know the overall Agreement with Switzerland so we are being asked to approve one part without knowing the whole thing.
  • Tonight, we seem to be being asked to grant the powers to the Commission without first being told exactly what action they will be used to address.

without being asked,

This phrase is not correct in English.

The correct form is "without being asked."
  • The committee has, without being asked, taken the initiative to draw up a report on the follow-up to the interparliamentary conference on combating fraud in the Union.
  • He's returned some of the money without being asked.
  • An ideal butler provides service without being asked.
  • You should tell me the truth without being asked.
  • I'm taking the Christmas tree out to the curb without being asked.
  • I also took the Christmas tree down to the curb without being asked.
  • Inside, quick - legend says they can't follow without being asked.
  • It was important that the French state should not put before the Commission a fait accompli without being asked.
  • The windscreen wipers occasionally set off for a wander all on their own without being asked.
  • Even our own cops can't go in there without being asked.
  • The lendee should return the item to the lender without being asked.
  • Then tell me, how can a black man, dressed like me, just march in and start poking around without being asked any questions?
  • And we even did the coupons that seemed a little strange now that we were adults, like "take a bath without being asked."
  • It evidently very much depends on who is asking, what is being asked, and when.
  • Mr President, I had understood that a question was being asked, but one was not put to me.
  • Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, women are not being asked, but they are the answer.
  • People cannot be given a constitution without permission being asked of them.
  • Moreover, immigrants must be accorded all political rights without any questions being asked about their willingness to integrate.
  • Being asked, yet again, to open... your checkbooks.
  • A problem thus arises for the co-legislators, as they are being asked, in the current proposal, to approve provisions which go further than the specific legislation currently in force.

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