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Khoshtip Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Grammar issue

Please have a look at sentence below.

Their mechanic has recommended them to take their car to a foreign car expert.

What is mistakenly written in it please?
  

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Their mechanic has recommended them to take their car to a foreign car expert. Their mechanic has recommended that they take their car to a foreign car expert.

  • Their mechanic has recommended them to take their car to a foreign car expert.
  • Their mechanic has recommended that they take their car to a foreign car expert.
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21 Answers
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Their mechanic has recommended them to take their car to a foreign car expert.
Their mechanic has recommended that they take their car to a foreign car expert.
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Thanks.
Is them incorrect or unnatural in my sentence?
You have written two sentences. Are either correct?
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Also possible: The mechanic has advised them to take...
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khoshtipIs them incorrect or unnatural in my sentence?
Yes.
I recommend a solution to someone.

"to" is needed with recommend because recommend is not a ditransitive verb.
Here is a list of these verbs. Probably there are others
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AlpheccaStarskhoshtipYou have written two sentences. Are either correct?Yes.
I'm a little puzzled. The way I'm reading this thread, you seem to be implying that the following sentence is correct:

Their mechanic has recommended to take their car to a foreign car expert.

Is that what you mean?
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I got it! Thank you.
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It's common to say
eg Their mechanic has recommended taking their car to a foreign car expert.
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AlpheccaStars"to" is needed with recommend because recommend is not a ditransitive verb.
Look at this sentence from M.M, please:

would you recommend me to your boss;
It is here:

Here, recommend acts as it is ditransitive, apparently.
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khoshtipwould you recommend me to your boss; [...] Here, recommend acts as it is ditransitive, apparently.
It looks more to me like a monotransitive verb and a prepositional phrase.
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These are examples of using verb recommend:

Their mechanic has recommended to take their car to a foreign car expert.
Their mechanic has recommended that they take their car to a foreign car expert.
Their mechanic has recommended taking their car to a foreign car expert.

And sometimes that verb acts as it is ditransitive

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