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Sunsail Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Difference of subjunctive and catenative verbs

Hello,
is there any problem in sentences below?

I suggested the Holiday Inn to him
I suggested him the Holiday Inn

I suggested(told,said,recommended) him to stay in the Holiday Inn
I suggested(told,said,recommended) he stay in the Holiday Inn

are these grammatically correct?

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Not all of them. Suggest is used only with that-clause or ing-clause. sunsail Hello, is there any problem in sentences below?

  • Not all of them.
  • Suggest is used only with that-clause or ing-clause.
  • sunsail Hello, is there any problem in sentences below?
  • I suggested the Holiday Inn to him OK.
  • I suggested him the Holiday Inn.
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Not all of them. Suggest is used only with that-clause or ing-clause.
sunsailHello,
is there any problem in sentences below?

I suggested the Holiday Inn to him OK.
I suggested him the Holiday Inn. It's wrong,.

I told/said to
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Hello
why is this wrong? can you explain?

I suggested him the Holiday Inn. It's wrong,.

here is an example,so I can use "suggest" with "him,her,it" indirect pronouns cannot I ?

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/suggest
to propose (a person or thing) as suitable or
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Hello,

I told/said to him to stay in the Holiday Inn. Now, it's ok.
I suggested(recommended) he stay/stayed/should stay in the Holiday Inn.
Other words you proposed are not used in such forms and obey to common structures in english grammar.

Can you explain this in the perspective of catenative verbs?

I told him to stay
I want him to read
I said to her t
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sunsailWe suggested him for president
The word for is important.

This means
We suggested that he should be president.
sunsailI suggested him the Holiday Inn.
The word for is missing.

You could put it in:

(1) I suggested him for the Holiday Inn.

But then you'
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maybe you are right Emotion: smile how about this?

I suggested him the presidency.

whom am I suggesting? him
what am I sugg
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Actually I was trying to say soemthing else Emotion: smile

we suggested him for president.
whom are we suggesting? him
for what
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sunsailI told him to stay
I want him to read ...
If if I can use these verbs like this
why cannot I use "suggest"?
Every verb has its own grammar, but of course when several or even many verbs have the same grammar, they can be placed in the same category. It turns out that suggest is one of those verbs that doesn't fit into the
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Sunsail:

Yes. You are confusing the direct object and the indirect object.

I suggested him - him is the direct object - you follow that with "for manager to the director"

I suggested the Holiday Inn to him. - This is fine. Holiday Inn is the direct object, and "him" the indirect object.

There are only a few verbs where the indirect object can follow the verb
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"There are only a few verbs where the indirect object can follow the verb. Suggest is not one of these verb"

Thanks a lot Emotion: smile
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sunsailI suggested him the presidency.
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one One person offers another person the presidency or gives him the chance of being president.
No. I can't wrap my brain around this one! The sentence seems wrong, and I would never get that meaning out of it. Sorry!

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