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Itasan
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ask after

Post by Itasan » Wed Dec 21, 2005 6:22 am

"I was talking with John. I asked after Tom.
He seems to be all right."
'Ask after' seems to be BrE. If so, what is
the American equivalent.
Thank you.
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Dodger
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Re: ask after

Post by Dodger » Mon Dec 26, 2005 8:41 pm

Itasan wrote:"I was talking with John. I asked after Tom.
He seems to be all right."
'Ask after' seems to be BrE. If so, what is
the American equivalent.
Thank you.
I saw my friend John yesterday and I asked him about his flatmate Tom.
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Itasan
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Location: Yokohama, Japan

ask about

Post by Itasan » Mon Dec 26, 2005 9:18 pm

Thank you very much, Dodger. UK?
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