Common Mistakes : Ask

 verb

.BAD: We have to ask to ourselves whether such films should be censored

.GOOD: We have to ask ourselves whether such films should be censored

.BAD: She asked to me to tell her a story

.GOOD: She asked me to tell her a story

(ask sb (NOT to sb

.He asked me if I could give him a lift to the station

.BAD: She asked me what was the time

.GOOD: She asked me what the time was

.BAD: They asked him what would he like to do

.GOOD: They asked him what he would like to do

When the object of the sentence is a wh- clause, the subject and the verb in the wh- clause do not change places. Compare

.How old are you? She asked me how old I was