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Buyungbadung Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

RECOMMENDING or RECOMMEND

hey,should i say "I AM NOT RECOMMENDING YOU TO GO THERE" or "I AM NOT RECOMMEND YOU TO GO THERE" ?.. which one is correct ? i really appreciate for the cooperation.. looking forward for the reply... thank you..
  

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buyungbadung I AM NOT RECOMMENDING YOU TO GO THERE" or "I AM NOT RECOMMEND YOU TO GO THERE" ?.. which one is correct ? Neither is correct.

— CalifJim

  • buyungbadung I AM NOT RECOMMENDING YOU TO GO THERE" or "I AM NOT RECOMMEND YOU TO GO THERE" ?..
  • which one is correct ?
  • Neither is correct.
  • The grammar of 'recommend', 'suggest', and a few other verbs is unusual in some ways.
  • You need this: I do not recommend that you go there.
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buyungbadungI AM NOT RECOMMENDING YOU TO GO THERE" or "I AM NOT RECOMMEND YOU TO GO THERE" ?.. which one is correct ?
Neither is correct. The grammar of 'recommend', 'suggest', and a few other verbs is unusual in some ways. You need this:

I do not recommend that you go there.

Note that there is no infinitive "to go" in this formulati
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alright, thank you for the explanation.. i do apologize for those capital words. anyway, do you have any recommendation about the grammar checker online that i can use everytime when i'm on the internet ? so that i can check every sentences that i'd say to everyone prior. sorry for my bad english once again.. and thank you so much for the cooperation...
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Aside from Jim's advice, I suggest that you pay more attention to the proper capitalization. All sentences start with a capital.
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buyungbadunggrammar checker online
I am not familiar with anything like that. You can probably set your browser to check spelling, though I'm not sure how you do that.

CJ
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The verb "recommend" is usually followed by a that-clause or a gerund (phrase):

I do not recommend that you go there.
I do not recommend going there.

It seems that the contruct
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CalifJim You can probably set your browser to check spelling
I guess I should do so with mine.
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The most well known names in grammar checking are Grammarly and Ginger. You have to pay for them (I think Ginger has a limited feature version for free), and they are not as good as they claim. They both miss some errors, and sometimes flag things that are correct.
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ozzourticontruct
That's interesting. You left out the "s". I usually leave out the "r" in the "str" constuction.
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