[Grammar] Requesting you all to come on time

[aristotle2155]

An official email carried the following line:
"Requesting you all students to come on time".

I believe it should rather be:

"We are requesting you all to come on time".
OR
"We request you all to come on time".

Please correct me if I am wrong.

 

[GoesStation]

The sentence in the email is incorrect. The author probably meant We request that all students arrive on time.

 

[tedmc]

"Requesting you all students to come on time".

I thought it is not even a sentence.

 

[jutfrank]

I believe it should rather be:

"We are requesting you all to come on time".
OR
"We request you all to come on time".

Please correct me if I am wrong.

No, they're not good. Don't use request somebody to do something. Use instead request that somebody do something.

See the version suggested in post #2.

 

[emsr2d2]

"Requesting you all students to come on time".

I [STRIKE]thought[/STRIKE] think it is not even a sentence.

You're right. It's not a complete sentence.

 

[aristotle2155]

From the answers, I get that one cannot use 'request/requesting' followed by 'to do something'.
It should rather be, 'request/requesting that' followed by 'do something'.


Please correct me if my understanding is wrong.

 

[Phaedrus]

From the answers, I get that one cannot use 'request/requesting' followed by 'to do something'.

You can, however, use "ask" in that pattern, with basically the same meaning (but with less formality).

We are asking all of you to come on time.