Pattern for using recommend
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Could you please tell me if the following sentences below are grammatically correct and why?
1. Lastly, the meeting recommends for the Finance Division and Admin Division to review the Procurement Plan.
2. Lastly, the meeting recommended the review of the Procurement Plan by the Finance Division and Admin Division.
3. Lastly, the meeting recommended that the Finance Division and Admin Division review the Procurement Plan.
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red olive 901 3. Lastly, the meeting recommended that the Finance Division and Admin Division review the Procurement Plan. That one is the one I would use.
- red olive 901 3.
- Lastly, the meeting recommended that the Finance Division and Admin Division review the Procurement Plan.
- That one is the one I would use.
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red olive 9013. Lastly, the meeting recommended that the Finance Division and Admin Division review the Procurement Plan.
That one is the one I would use.
0The pattern is that you recommend something.
1. Lastly, the meeting recommends for the Finance Division and Admin Division to review the Procurement Plan.
Incorrect. The pattern is not recommend for something.
2. Lastly, the meeting recommended the review of the Procurement Plan by the Finance Division and Admin Division. Fine. 'review' is a nou
0red olive 901 Pattern for using recommend
The patterns are the same for recommend, suggest, demand, and insist.
After these verbs you almost always need a that-clause with the mandative (subjunctive) construction*. (The mandative is basically the infinitive form, so it means using 'be' i
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