Hamed
Do we need the preposition 'To' here?
- I don't recommend you to buy this.
- I don't recommend you buy this.
Thank you in advance.
Oct 7, 2015 4:41 PM
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In fact, it would be wrong to use 'to' here.
'I don't recommend you buy this' is correct. It's a subjunctive.
October 7, 2015
Oh, thank you very much. This 'Ngram Viewer' is a nice tool! I've got it.
October 7, 2015
You'll notice that recommend you TO buy has been common at times in the past... and is still used sometimes by native speakers.
October 7, 2015
Horribly long link... try googling the Ngram Viewer. Type in recommend you to buy, recommend you buy
October 7, 2015
Could I suggest you have a look at the Ngram Viewer: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=recommend+you+to+buy%2Crecommend+you+buy&case;_insensitive=on&year;_start=1800&year;_end=2008&corpus;=5&smoothing;=3&share;=&direct;_url=t1%3B%2Crecommend%20you%20to%20buy%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Crecommend%20you%20buy%3B%2Cc0
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