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Victor_amelkin Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
To ... to do smth (to advise doing smth)
Hello,
Could you please suggest is there a synonym for the verbs "suggest",
"advise", "recommend" that may be followed by an infinitive? As I
understand, using any of the verbs mentioned above in the construction
"to (suggest, recommend, advise) to do something"
is grammatically incorrect. Is there an apposite verb that may be legally
used such a case?
Other grammatical constructions, such as "suggest doing smth" or
"suggest that smbd do smth" are not in focus of interest.
Thanks in advance.
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Victor
Could you please suggest is there a synonym for the verbs "suggest",
"advise", "recommend" that may be followed by an infinitive? As I
understand, using any of the verbs mentioned above in the construction
"to (suggest, recommend, advise) to do something"
is grammatically incorrect. Is there an apposite verb that may be legally
used such a case?
Other grammatical constructions, such as "suggest doing smth" or
"suggest that smbd do smth" are not in focus of interest.
Thanks in advance.
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Victor
Top answer
"to ( suggest, recommend, advise ) to do something" Hmm, "Advise" works with the indirect object. That is, you can advise the person to do something. Your other two verbs don't accept this structure.
- "to ( suggest, recommend, advise ) to do something" Hmm, "Advise" works with the indirect object.
- That is, you can advise the person to do something.
- Your other two verbs don't accept this structure.
- But I suppose that's not what you want.
- I'll think some more.
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"to (suggest, recommend, advise) to do something"
Hmm, "Advise" works with the indirect object. That is, you can advise the person to do something. Your other two verbs don't accept this structure.
But I suppose that's not what you want.
Hmm, "Advise" works with the indirect object. That is, you can advise the person to do something. Your other two verbs don't accept this structure.
But I suppose that's not what you want.
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Thanks Avangi,
I was not aware of such peculiarity of the verb "advise"; I
always considered it to be a blood brother of the other two.
So, just to be sure, the following sentence is correct?
"I advise us to have a dinner as soon as possible since I'm
rather hungry." (It's uncommon to direct a recommendation
towards youself, but nevertheless.
I was not aware of such peculiarity of the verb "advise"; I
always considered it to be a blood brother of the other two.
So, just to be sure, the following sentence is correct?
"I advise us to have a dinner as soon as possible since I'm
rather hungry." (It's uncommon to direct a recommendation
towards youself, but nevertheless.
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(Woops, timed out.)
I propose to leave early may be taken as a suggestion. That is, "I propose that we leave early."
I propose to leave early may be taken as a suggestion. That is, "I propose that we leave early."
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Hi, Victor,
The problem I see with "advise" is that it doesn't quite fit your form.
You can advise a person, and you can advise a course of action.
When you advise a course of action, the gerund is required as the direct object (not the infinitive.)
I advised quitting.
When you say, "I advise you to quit," the direct object is "you," not "to quit
The problem I see with "advise" is that it doesn't quite fit your form.
You can advise a person, and you can advise a course of action.
When you advise a course of action, the gerund is required as the direct object (not the infinitive.)
I advised quitting.
When you say, "I advise you to quit," the direct object is "you," not "to quit
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victor_amelkin So, just to be sure, the following sentence is correct?The sentence is correct, but the direct object of the verb is "us," not the infinitve "to have."
"I advise us to have a dinner as soon as possible since I'm
rather hungry."
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AvangiYour OP seems to suggest that you're looking to "advise" a course of action, not a person. That is, you would want "to quit" to be direct object of the verb. Am I right?
Yes, you're right. My last example is not exactly that the legitimacy of
which I wanted to ascertain. The more appropriate example would be
"I advise ("you" is imp
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Gosh. That seems to work! [Y]
But when you think about it, you could substitute "recommend" in that sentence, and we'd be right back where we started.
Anyway, my latest opinion is that it doesn't work.
If the "you" is understood, it's still the direct object of the verb.
But when you think about it, you could substitute "recommend" in that sentence, and we'd be right back where we started.
Anyway, my latest opinion is that it doesn't work.
If the "you" is understood, it's still the direct object of the verb.
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