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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khoshtipIs them incorrect or unnatural in my sentence?Yes.
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:
AlpheccaStars"to" is needed with recommend because recommend is not a ditransitive verb.Look at this sentence from M.M, please:
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.