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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Recommend and Suggest sb to do sth in Google search

No being a native speaker, as far as I know, the following applies to these verbs.

1. Suggest / recommend doing something (UK and US)

2. Suggest / recommend that somebody do something (especially US)

3. Suggest / recommend that somebody SHOULD do something (especially UK)

4. Suggest / recommend somebody TO do something - Incorrect

However, for 4, a search like "They recommended me to go" produces nearly 100,000 occurrences in a Google search, similar to "They recommended that I go".

I am interested in what most people actually say rather than in what grammars or professors would argue.

Can any American or British forum members explain what they hear every day? Does "They recommended me to go" sound natural at all given that it's clear it is said according to the mentioned Google search though some people tell me it is wrong.

Thanks!









  

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Anonymous ... interested in what most people actually say rather than in what grammars or professors would argue. I say and hear these just as you have outlined them in your four points.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous ...
  • interested in what most people actually say rather than in what grammars or professors would argue.
  • I say and hear these just as you have outlined them in your four points.
  • Here in the US I find that (2) is preferred and (4) sounds completely wrong.
  • (1) and (3) are between those extremes.
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Anonymous ... interested in what most people actually say rather than in what grammars or professors would argue.

I say and hear these just as you have outlined them in your four points.

Here in the US I find that (2) is preferred and (4) sounds completely wrong. (1) and (3) are between those extremes.

AnonymousDoes "They
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