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Poll: Is 'offering' the same word as 'asking'?
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#1
10-13-2008, 09:29 PM
Is 'offering' the same word as 'asking'?
I think offering is not asking, so I vote option 1.
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10-13-2008, 09:30 PM
you're actually making a topic for this? :')
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10-13-2008, 09:30 PM
http://www.dictionary.net/offering

http://www.dictionary.net/asking

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10-13-2008, 09:31 PM
No. Of course not.
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10-13-2008, 09:31 PM
http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/offer
http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/invitation
http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/request

The word invitation is a synonym for offer, which just so happens to be synonyms with the word request which, of course, means ask. Good fight, though.
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10-13-2008, 09:34 PM
You're overthinking this. Offering is the complete opposite of requesting.
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10-13-2008, 09:34 PM
(10-13-2008, 09:34 PM)Fry link Wrote: You're overthinking this. Offering is the complete opposite of requesting.
No, it's not. You're just being oppositional. Go away.
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10-13-2008, 09:40 PM
If I offer you some bread, I want me to give some bread to YOU.
If I am requesting some bread, I want you to give some bread to ME.
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10-13-2008, 09:42 PM
(10-13-2008, 09:40 PM)Fry link Wrote: If I offer you some bread, I want me to give some bread to YOU.
If I am requesting some bread, I want you to give some bread to ME.
There are multiple definitions to the word, and you know that. Stop acting like you know something and start agreeing with the facts here. Request can mean the same as offer.
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#10
10-13-2008, 10:17 PM
no, they're not the same thing.
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