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Our teacher taught us to ask for the permission to ask a question by
saying「質問してもいいですか。」. Now I'm writing her an email, and would like to say
something along the lines of "If I may ask a question, ...", where (...) would
be a grammar question, for example.

I would have written 「質問してもよかったら、……」, but Google returns no hits at all for
this specific sentence, so obviously it's not correct.

How would you say "If I may ask a question, ..."?
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"If I may ask a question, ..."
Trying to translate your initial phrase directly may be too burdensome, but
beginning a request with "If I may...," has a direct translation suitable for
you:

> よろしければ。。。

Here is an example, though the whole sentence is probably a bit too stiff for
your purposes:

> If I may, I'd like to ask you a few questions about something else.
>
> よろしければ別のことをいくつかお尋ねしたいのですが。

Source: I searched "If I may ask" on <http://eow.alc.co.jp>

Please do the same if you would like to see other examples.

If you would like this response tailored to a specific quote, please provide
one.

Among friends, one could say,

> ちょっと聞いてもいい？。。。
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