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Re: Recommend lexical-binding in Coding Conventions
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Robert Pluim |
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Re: Recommend lexical-binding in Coding Conventions |
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Wed, 21 Oct 2020 18:07:23 +0200 |
>>>>> On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 15:30:06 +0000, Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> said:
Alan> The verb "recommend" needs a direct object (or gerund). That direct
Alan> object can either be the thing recommended, or the person to whom the
Alan> recommendation is being made.
Alan> So, correct forms of your statement would be either:
Alan> We recommend YOU to enable ... and to convert .....
Nitpicking your nitpick: "We recommend you enable" or even "We
recommend that you enable"
(as opposed to eg "we advise you to enable")
Alan> or
Alan> We recommend ENABLING .... and CONVERTING ....
Alan> . English isn't always an easy language. ;-)
"It shouldn't be like that, but it do" ;-)
Robert
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