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What is the difference between beg and ask ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between beg and ask ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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"Ask" is used more. However "beg" is more desperate.
例えば
He asked how much it was
Or
He asked when we meet tomorrow.
と
He begged for his life.
Or
He begged for some extra money.
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"Ask" is used more. However "beg" is more desperate.
例えば
He asked how much it was
Or
He asked when we meet tomorrow.
と
He begged for his life.
Or
He begged for some extra money.
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