verb
1
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.
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ask sb (NOT to sb ): 'He asked me if I could give him a lift to the station.'
2
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.
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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.'