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I've been asked the above (is it correct to 'ask forgiveness' or 'ask for forgiveness'), and I'm in trouble giving a good grammatical explanation. Please help me. Thanks I would say, "ask for forgiveness." Same way as I say, "I'll ask for some water." Or maybe you have heard of the expression "beg ...

Hi, everyone: I am an English teacher in Taiwan. Currently, I'm teaching my students to say the date and this is what I have in mind: Two ways of saying the date: Today is Wednesday, November sixteenth, two thousand five. (Wed., Nov. 16th, 2005) Today is Wednesday, the sixteenth of November, two tho...