Suggest
I always suppose we can have infinitive after a verb. The verb 'suggest' doesn't seem so.
I've found gerund follows 'suggest' all the time. And I have noticed that after the conjunction 'that' a full sentence can follow but not quite.
Could someone verify the grammar of the following variations please? Are verbs with similar meaning, such as 'recommend', 'advise' and 'urge' and so on behave the same? Is this just the idiosyncrasy of these type of verbs or is it just the way how all verbs can be used? How to identify them if they do behave differently? Thanks for comments!
*I suggest to do it.*I suggest doing it.*I suggest not to do it.*I suggest not doing it.*I suggest him do it. *I suggest him not do it. *I suggest him to do it.*I suggest him not to do it. *I suggest his doing it.*I suggest his not doing it. *I suggest him doing it.*I suggest him not doing it. *I suggest he does it.*I suggest he do it.
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recommend, suggest, demand, insist, propose that you be there (Note the form be . ) want, advise, urge, encourage, persuade, convince, inspire, invite, pressure, instruct, tell, ask, remind, beg you to be there (Note the form to be . ) Less often: recommend, suggest, propose, advise, encourage doing (something) Every verb has its own pattern(s), but there are groups of them (as seen above) that use the same pattern.
- recommend, suggest, demand, insist, propose that you be there (Note the form be .
- ) want, advise, urge, encourage, persuade, convince, inspire, invite, pressure, instruct, tell, ask, remind, beg you to be there (Note the form to be .
- ) Less often: recommend, suggest, propose, advise, encourage doing (something) Every verb has its own pattern(s), but there are groups of them (as seen above) that use the same pattern.
- There are also regional and generational variants.
- For example, less commonly you may see 'recommend you to'.
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recommend, suggest, demand, insist, propose
that you be there
(Note the form be. Use only the plain form here.)
want, advise, urge, encourage, persuade, convince, inspire, invite, pressure, instruct, tell, ask, remind, beg
you to be there
(Note the form to be. Use only the full infinitive here.)
Less ofte
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