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Grammar and Linguistics > VERB "RECOMMEND"
VERB "RECOMMEND"
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Isabel L
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VERB "RECOMMEND"
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Hi, just a silly question. Which structures can we use after "recommend"? I �ve just seen "Susan recommends that Carol buy the dress" and found it strange. Thanks a lot |
8 Dec 2011
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yanogator
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It �s right. After "recommend that" or "suggest that", we use the infinitive without "to".
We recommend that she learn this structure.
I suggest that he get some help.
Bruce |
8 Dec 2011
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carinaluc
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The sentence is right. Here are other possible patterns with �recommend �:
Everybody recommended that she should continue with her education for 3 more years. [+ that-clause with should + infinitive]
Everybody recommended that she continued with her education for 3 more years. [+ that-clause with past]
Everybody recommended that she continue with her education for 3 more years. [+ that-clause with subjunctive]
Even her granny recommends that she continues with her education for 3 more years. [+ that-clause with present]
I would never recommend using a sunbed on a regular basis. [+ -ing verb]
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Carina |
8 Dec 2011
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Isabel L
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Thank you all for your help ... and your recommendation, Mariethe |
8 Dec 2011
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yanogator
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Carina, I don �t know about the grammatical correctness of your sentences, but we wouldn �t use two of them: recommended + that-clause + past And that-clause + present is used only in informal conversation. Bruce |
8 Dec 2011
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joy2bill
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Thanks so much for the link to the subjunctive, kodora. I cannot convince my fellow colleagues, all native speakers, that there is such a tense. They just don �t believe me! Cheers Joy |
9 Dec 2011
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carinaluc
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Bruce,
Have a look at this:
Carina |
10 Dec 2011
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