Talk:recommend
I do not know if this is the place, but would it be appropriate to complete de definition with the syntaxic use of this verb (which I do not know) : "to recommend doing something" / "to recommend to do something" ?
Direct Object versus Indirect Object
[edit]The rules for direct object and indirect object aren't really clear here. For example, one can say "She recommended me to my boss." One can likewise say "She recommended a new book to me." But, can one say "She recommended me a new book"? This final example (well, the final 2 examples) would be indirect objects. Some verbs you can't put the indirect object directly after the verb. Is this one of those types of verbs? 190.233.129.96 19:22, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
Don't say that you ‘recommend someone’ a particular action
[edit]Don't say that you ‘recommend someone’ a particular action. Don't say, for example, ‘I recommend you a visit to Paris’. Say ‘I recommend a visit to Paris’, ‘I recommend visiting Paris’, or ‘I recommend that you visit Paris’. https://www.wordreference.com/EnglishUsage/recommend
--Backinstadiums (talk) 17:26, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
Intransitive: To give advice or counsel
[edit]"recommended against signing an international agreement" (Time). --Backinstadiums (talk) 18:19, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
sense 2nd " To make acceptable; to attract favor to"
[edit](can we add an another example or a quote for this sense?) Flāvidus (talk) 02:39, 14 March 2023 (UTC)