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suggest sb to do sth
Someone wrote to me saying "I suggest you to use ..."
Is "suggest sb to do sth" grammatical? I don't know for sure whether the person who wrote to me was a native English speaker.
30 aug. 2012 06:36
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No, you don't put "to" in that phrase. You have a simple subjunctive form.
I suggest you use...
I suggest we use...
I suggest he/she use... (yes! You don't write "uses" here)
I think even if a native English speaker didn't know the grammar rule behind this, he/she still wouldn't add "to". It simply sounds wrong.
30 augustus 2012
No, it's not.
I suggest you use....
30 augustus 2012
Try this structure.
I suggest something to somebody.
I suggest somebody+clause.
30 augustus 2012
suggest sb to do 没有这种结构
30 augustus 2012
Heb je je antwoorden nog steeds niet gevonden?
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