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I wrote an article and I instinctively put the phrase "that's more than you can ask for" in it. I looked online to see if there were any questions about the expression, but I didn't find any. Now I'm wondering if this phrase actually exists/is correct. I'm not a native speaker, so I'd like to know.



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    Google Books has just 8 hits for more than you can ask for, compared to 414 hits for more than you could ask for (and hundreds more without the optional for). Plus another couple of hundred of more than you could wish for (I won't bother looking for the can version of that, because nobody would ever be likely to use it at all).
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    All of the words exist and make sense when they are put together. The phrase is grammatical and understandable.
    – Jason Bassford
    2 days ago










  • Do you not think “More than one can…” and "… you can ask for" are very different?
    – Robbie Goodwin
    2 days ago

















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I wrote an article and I instinctively put the phrase "that's more than you can ask for" in it. I looked online to see if there were any questions about the expression, but I didn't find any. Now I'm wondering if this phrase actually exists/is correct. I'm not a native speaker, so I'd like to know.



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    Google Books has just 8 hits for more than you can ask for, compared to 414 hits for more than you could ask for (and hundreds more without the optional for). Plus another couple of hundred of more than you could wish for (I won't bother looking for the can version of that, because nobody would ever be likely to use it at all).
    – FumbleFingers
    2 days ago








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    All of the words exist and make sense when they are put together. The phrase is grammatical and understandable.
    – Jason Bassford
    2 days ago










  • Do you not think “More than one can…” and "… you can ask for" are very different?
    – Robbie Goodwin
    2 days ago













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I wrote an article and I instinctively put the phrase "that's more than you can ask for" in it. I looked online to see if there were any questions about the expression, but I didn't find any. Now I'm wondering if this phrase actually exists/is correct. I'm not a native speaker, so I'd like to know.



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I wrote an article and I instinctively put the phrase "that's more than you can ask for" in it. I looked online to see if there were any questions about the expression, but I didn't find any. Now I'm wondering if this phrase actually exists/is correct. I'm not a native speaker, so I'd like to know.



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    Google Books has just 8 hits for more than you can ask for, compared to 414 hits for more than you could ask for (and hundreds more without the optional for). Plus another couple of hundred of more than you could wish for (I won't bother looking for the can version of that, because nobody would ever be likely to use it at all).
    – FumbleFingers
    2 days ago








  • 1




    All of the words exist and make sense when they are put together. The phrase is grammatical and understandable.
    – Jason Bassford
    2 days ago










  • Do you not think “More than one can…” and "… you can ask for" are very different?
    – Robbie Goodwin
    2 days ago














  • 2




    Google Books has just 8 hits for more than you can ask for, compared to 414 hits for more than you could ask for (and hundreds more without the optional for). Plus another couple of hundred of more than you could wish for (I won't bother looking for the can version of that, because nobody would ever be likely to use it at all).
    – FumbleFingers
    2 days ago








  • 1




    All of the words exist and make sense when they are put together. The phrase is grammatical and understandable.
    – Jason Bassford
    2 days ago










  • Do you not think “More than one can…” and "… you can ask for" are very different?
    – Robbie Goodwin
    2 days ago








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Google Books has just 8 hits for more than you can ask for, compared to 414 hits for more than you could ask for (and hundreds more without the optional for). Plus another couple of hundred of more than you could wish for (I won't bother looking for the can version of that, because nobody would ever be likely to use it at all).
– FumbleFingers
2 days ago






Google Books has just 8 hits for more than you can ask for, compared to 414 hits for more than you could ask for (and hundreds more without the optional for). Plus another couple of hundred of more than you could wish for (I won't bother looking for the can version of that, because nobody would ever be likely to use it at all).
– FumbleFingers
2 days ago






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All of the words exist and make sense when they are put together. The phrase is grammatical and understandable.
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago




All of the words exist and make sense when they are put together. The phrase is grammatical and understandable.
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago












Do you not think “More than one can…” and "… you can ask for" are very different?
– Robbie Goodwin
2 days ago




Do you not think “More than one can…” and "… you can ask for" are very different?
– Robbie Goodwin
2 days ago















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