2021-05-16 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด – A – axe & ask
2021-05-16
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด – A – axe & ask
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Spelling - axe (British) - US = ax
ออกเสียง ask = ‘ASK’ or ‘AHSK’
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VOCAB BUILDER
Whatis a basic definition of ask?
Ask isa verb that means to present a question to someone,
to request something, or to invite someone.
Ask hasseveral other senses as a verb and a noun.
Ifyou are asking someone something,
you usuallywant answers from them.
When asking aboutsomething,
you might pose severalquestions
or politely request information about something.
- Real-life examples:
Students ask teachers questions about things that confuse them.
Ifyou forget your watch, you might ask someonewhat time it is.
You might need to ask a store employee where the bathroom is.
- Used in a sentence:
We asked the teacher whichchapters would be on the test.
Ask can also mean to make a request for something.
In this sense,
it is often used in the phase “to ask for.”
- Real-life examples:
Children ask Santa Claus for presents at Christmas.
Your mom asks youto clean your room.
When you love someone, you might ask them to marry you.
- Used in a sentence:
I asked Bill if I could borrowhis shovel.
Ask also means to invite someone to do something or gosomewhere.
- Real-life examples:
You can ask yourfriends over for a party.
Your grandparents might ask you to come and visit.
- Used in a sentence:
Jin asked Maria out for a date on Saturday.
Wheredoes ask come from?
The first records of ask come from before the 900s.
It ultimately comes from the Old English verb āscian or āxian.
It is related to older words, such as the Old Frisian āskia
and the Sanskrit icchati (“to seek”).
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Usage Notes
‘Ax’vs. ‘Axe’: Which is correct?
Spelling out the difference
What to Know
The spellings ax and axe areboth correct,
but axe ismore common, both in the US and elsewhere.
Both ax and axe refer to the long-handled tool
withthe heavy metal blade,
and both axe and ax featurein figurative use
inphrases like “ax/axe to grind” and “take an ax/axe to(something).”
Both ax and axe are also used as verbs
for actions in which an ax/axe is literally or figuratively applied.
While one mightexpect that ax is the spelling favored in the U.S., and axe the spelling favored elsewhere
(as is the casewith a number of spelling variants),
the situation with ax and axe isdifferent.
IfNoah Webster had had his way,
the spelling dividewould have been as it is with color and colour,
theater and theatre, and
draft and draught:
he defined ax in his 1828
An American Dictionary of the English Language
and included the note “improperly written as axe.”
This was in directdefiance of Samuel Johnson’s 1755
A Dictionary of the English Language,
which wasted no inkon the shorter form
but included only axe.
Webster favored spellings
that more closely reflectedpronunciation,
and if they were backed by etymology, so much the better.
Ax had both going for it:
the “e”on axe doesn’t do a thing,
and none of the word’s ancestors
—not Old English æcs, the Old High German ackus, Latin ascia ,
or really even Greek axinē argue well
for axe as a spelling that’s truer to the word’s ancestry.
Despite Noah Webster’s firm conviction on the matter,
axe has prevailed as the dominant spelling for most of the years
since he deemed the spelling improper.
Ax hadsome good years in the late 20th century,
but evidencefrom multiple corpora
showsthat axe has once again taken the lead
asthe 21st century makes its way through its third decade.
Some major publications in the US do prefer the shorter spelling:
the Associated Press, Time, and The New York Times
all favor ax over axe. But the longer form prevails overall.
It’s rarelypossible to determine exactly
whyone spelling variant becomes more or less popular,
but any time a particular spelling gets a cultural boost
people encounter that spelling more frequently
and it starts to look more and more like the “right” spelling
—just as iz for is looks super strange (Noah Webster also lost that battle),
So, ax for axe starts to look a bit off
when you see axe usedprominently.
Ax was going strong in the 1980s and 1990s,
butin 1993 the movie So I Married an Axe Murderer
featured the longer variant in its title.
And in 2002, Unilever started selling Axe body spray in the US.
We’ll never knowexactly
to what degree these two cultural phenomena
influenced the word’s spelling,
but it’s likely they had some effect.
Whatever the reason,
these days if you have such an item to grind,
you’ll call itan axe if you prefer to go with the more commonspelling
and an ax ifyou prefer to buck trends while you’re grinding your axes.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Ax
Music-related meaning:
any of several musicalinstruments (such as: a guitar or a saxophone)
It's labeled"slang" in this dictionary,
but ax has been musician-speak (especially jazz musician-speak)
since at least the mid-20th century.
The authoritative Green's Dictionary of Slang
reports that the use was first applied by black jazz musicians
to the saxophonebecause that instrument supposedly resembles an ax.
The term later broadened in meaning and came to be applied to other instruments, iespecially the guitar:
From Buddy Holly to Jimi Hendrix,
countless guitarists have relied on the Fender ax for their sound.
— Bob Cannon, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Apr. 1991
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Ask
Ask [noun]:
Something asked foror required;
especially: the askingprice or initially desired offer
If you'd rather avoid it: Request or demand
It may come as a surprise that ask has been a noun as long as
it’s been one of the most basic and common verbs in English.
It originally meant “the act of asking” or “a demand or request,”
a meaning that is still used today:
"Congress is being so aggressive because the ask is so concrete,
there is something that Egypt can do about this,"
said one staffer for a Congressman who has been particularly vocal on the issue."
—“Egypt vs. Israel: How Congress Weighs the Risks of Cutting Our Aid to Cairo,” Zvika Krieger, The Atlantic, 16 February 2012
This meaning has spread to the field of fundraising,
and there are even books with titles like The Art of the ‘Ask’
and 50 Asks in 50 Weeks:
A Guide to Better Fundraising for Your Small Development Shop.
More recently, ask has become a common term in the field of real estate as a way to refer to asking price (as in “the ask is $1.1 million”),
but it can refer to price when bidding is involved in other contexts too:
But the demands of James and her literary agent, Valerie Hoskins,
have caused more than one bidder to use the safe word.
Sources say the askis very far-reaching and nearly unprecedented,
though one notes thatit wouldn’t be completely unheard-of
for a book that had actually been published.
—“E.L. James Making Unprecedented Demands for Film Rights to
'Fifty Shades of Grey,'” Kim Masters, Jay A. Fernandez,
The Hollywood Reporter, 23 March 2012
In Britishand Australian English,
ask is used as a noun to mean
“something asked for, requested, or required of someone.”
It's usually used in phrases like “a big ask” or “a tough ask,”
as in:
To win here, though, Fowler will have to emulate the feat of Fuzzy Zoeller
in 1979 who became the last player to win the Masters
at the first attempt. It's a tough ask, for sure.
—Philip Reid, Irish Times, 7 April 2011
The word’s long history notwithstanding,
ask still sounds either very informal or very specialized to most ears.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Choosethe Right Synonym for ask
Verb
ASK, QUESTION, INTERROGATE, QUERY, INQUIRE
meanto address a person in order to gain information.
ASK implies no more than the putting of a question.
ask for directions
QUESTION usually suggests the asking of series of questions.
questioned them about every detail of the trip
INTERROGATE suggests formal or official systematic questioning.
the prosecutor interrogated the witness all day
QUERY implies a desire for authoritative information or confirmation.
queried a librarian about the book
INQUIRE implies a searching for facts or for truth often specificallyby asking questions.
began to inquire of friends and teachers what career she should pursue
meanto seek to obtain by making one's wants known
.
ASK implies no more than the statement of the desire.
ask a favor of a friend
REQUEST implies greater formality and courtesy.
requests the pleasure of your company
SOLICIT suggests a calling attention to one's wants or desires by public announcement or advertisement.
a letter soliciting information
Collins COBUILD English Usage
ask
1. 'ask'
You say that someone asks a question.
The police officer asked me a lot of questions.
Be Careful!
Don't say that someone 'says a question'.
2. reporting questions
When you report a yes/no-question,
you usually use ask with an if-clause.
She asked him if he spoke French.
Someone asked me if the work was going well.
You can also use a clause beginning with 'whether'.
I asked Brian whether he agreed.
When you report a wh-question,
you usually use ask with a wh-clause.
I asked him what he wanted.
He asked me where I was going.
Be Careful!
In the wh-clause,
the subject and the verb do not change places.
Don't say, for example, 'He asked me when was the train leaving'.
You say 'He asked me when the train was leaving'.
You can say that someone asks someone else their name or their age.
He asked me my name.
You can say that someone asks someone else's opinion.
I was asked my opinion about the new car.
You don't need to say who a question is addressed to
if this is clear from the context.
A young man asked if we were students.
I asked whether they liked the film.
Be Careful!
Don't use 'to' when mentioning who a question is addressed to.
Don't say, for example, 'He asked to me my name'.
3. direct reporting
You can use ask when reporting directly what someone says.
'How many languages can you speak?' he asked.
'Have you met him?' I asked.
4. reporting requests
When someone says that they want to be given something,
you report this using ask and for.
For example,
if a man says to a waiter 'Can I have a glass of water?',
you report this as 'He asked for a glass of water' or '
He asked the waiter for a glass of water'.
We asked for the bill.
When someone says that they want to speak to another person
on the telephone,
you say that they ask for that person.
He rang the office and asked for Cynthia.
When someone tells another person
that they want them to do something,
you report this using ask and either a to-infinitive clause or an if-clause.
He asked her to marry him.
I asked him if he could help.?
Collins COBUILD English Usage
Inquire – enquire – ask
1. 'inquire' and 'enquire'
If you inquire or enquire about something,
you ask for information about it.
There is no difference in meaning between these words.
Inquire is more common, especially in American English.
We inquired about the precise circumstances surrounding the arrest.
I enquired about the scenery and Beaumont told me it was being built in a carpenter's shop in Waterloo.
You can use inquire or enquire with a 'wh'-clause.
She inquired how Ibrahim was getting on.
I enquired what kind of aircraft he had commanded before returning home.
In writing, inquire and enquire are sometimes used in quote structures.
'Anything you need?' inquired the girl.
'Who compiles these reports?' Philip enquired.
Be Careful!
You do not use these verbs with a direct object.
You do not say, for example, 'He inquired her if she was well'.
2. 'ask'
Inquire and enquire are fairly formal words.
In conversation, people usually use ask.
Ask can be used with or without a direct object.
She asked about his work.
I asked him what he wanted.
Common Errors In English Usage Dictionary
axe& ask
The dialectical pronunciation of “ask” as “ax”
suggests to most people that the speaker has a substandard education and is to be avoided in formal speaking situations.
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