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Dear all, I would like to ask if it is corect to say: The doctor recommends that she eats more fruits. Thanks a bunch! |
12 Mar 2013
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pikola
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I would say: The doctor recommends her to eat more fruit |
12 Mar 2013
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douglas
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Good question,
My gut feeling says it should be "eat" vs "eats", but my logical side says "eats"
(and it would be fruit without the "s")
My gut says:
The doctor recommends that she eat more fruit.
but it is probably:
The doctor recommends that she eats more fruit. |
12 Mar 2013
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yanogator
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Go with your gut, Douglas. If it is as big as Baloo �s, it should be trusted. (Note the important word "if" there). Anyway, it should be "The doctor recommends that she eat more fruit". We don �t say "recommends her" in this kind of context. Bruce |
12 Mar 2013
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Jayho
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Bruce, or should I say yanoogatoor, luv yr response re doouglas-Baloo�s gut feeling.
Cheers
Jayhoo |
12 Mar 2013
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yanogator
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And Baloo already has a double o. Brooce |
12 Mar 2013
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florimago
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Well, Brooce , Jayhoo and Dooglas , I �m getting very confused with this nice verb. I always thought you could use it after subjuntive (I recommend her she eat more fruit) , after gerund (The doctor recommended having rest) or bare infinitive or to infinitive . So what�s the difference between them? Come on , I �ve got a new job and I need to impress my new boss !!! Flori |
12 Mar 2013
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cunliffe
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Agree - you don �t say recommends her to eat ... You �d say advises her to eat.
Brooce - technically you �re right, recommends that she eat, but I bet most folk would say recommends that she eats these days. Should we not allow that?
It �s not fair, I haven �t got a single o! Can I have double e instead?
Lynnee. |
12 Mar 2013
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manonski (f)
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You could be Coonliffe for the day...
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12 Mar 2013
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yanogator
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Actually, Jayhoo, Baloo is storing up for winter, so he has his doctor �s permission. Don �t forget, though, that he will go through the whole winter without eating at all, so the rest of us can �t use that excuse. Brooce. |
12 Mar 2013
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yanogator
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Lynne, it isn �t a construction that I hear very often, so I �m not sure how it is usually said these days. However, English is a language that is shaped by its users, so if that is the way people are saying it, then I agree that it has become proper. Bruce |
12 Mar 2013
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