There’s no question like this
Can I ask you a question?
No one can say a sentence like this. Read it again, you’ll realize its absurdness.
The moment someone says this, the permission to ask a question is already used-up. So next time, you wanna ask someone of something, say this:
If you don’t mind, can I ask you 2 questions? One is this & the other is ______.
Shantanu Goel said,
May 29, 2008 at 12:00 am
haha…really good observation Ranjhith
Shantanu Goel said,
May 28, 2008 at 6:30 pm
haha…really good observation Ranjhith
Roopa said,
July 7, 2008 at 7:53 pm
By the time you ask someone ‘If you don’t mind, can I ask you 2 questions? One is this & the other is….’, the person would long be gone! :D Being ‘technically correct’ wouldn’t help always
Roopa said,
July 7, 2008 at 2:23 pm
By the time you ask someone 'If you don’t mind, can I ask you 2 questions? One is this & the other is….', the person would long be gone! :D Being 'technically correct' wouldn't help always