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Nikoer30127 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Recommend +Ving / to ???

Hi! Can any English teacher please tell me why this sentence is correct?

I know that it should be added Ving after recommend, however, today I looked up the dictionary from yahoo, and I saw a sentence was written "I recommendhttp://tw.dictionary.yahoo.com/dictionary?p=recommend'' .

I want to know why it's not " I recommend you complying with safty regulations."

Thanks in advance!
  

Top answer

In my opinion that sentence is not correct (but sometimes heard). This is better I recommend (that) you comply with safety regulations. or I recommend your complying with safety regulations.

— Ivanhr

  • In my opinion that sentence is not correct (but sometimes heard).
  • This is better I recommend (that) you comply with safety regulations.
  • or I recommend your complying with safety regulations.
  • (in informal speech "your" is often replaced with "you") I prefer the version without the ing form.
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In my opinion that sentence is not correct (but sometimes heard).

This is better

I recommend (that) you comply with safety regulations.

or

I recommend your complying with safety regulations. (in informal speech "your" is often replaced with "you")

I prefer the version without the ing form.
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Thank you for your help! ;-)
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My English teacher taught me 3 forms of this type of verbs: recommend, suggest, advise, etc.
recommend/suggest/advise + Ving (in case without Objective)
and
recommend/suggest/advise + that + Subject + V_bare infinitive
and
recommend/suggest/advise + O + to Infinitive.

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Anonymousrecommend/suggest/advise + O + to Infinitive
I advise John to go is fine
I suggest John to go is wrong.
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