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А можно "I beg you" (или "I beg of you") употребить отдельно - не прошу чего-то, а просто прошу вас? Например: Tell me, I beg (of) you!!![/quote]

Yeah they can both be used like that. "Beg of...

Nothing really, "beg of you" is just more old-fashioned. My guess would be that originally the verb to beg (and probably not only this verb) took the request itself as its object, rather than the...