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. How would you express these ideas
in your language?
1 Use ask instead of tell
to indicate politeness:
She asked me not to talk.
2 Use tell for orders and
for giving information:
She told me not to talk.
He told me the news.
3 You can use not to after
tell / ask, but not after want.
Compare:
He told me not to talk.
He didn’t want me to talk.
Level:intermediate Age: 14-17
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