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Is there any alternative way to say something you 'used to [infinitive]'?
Most people say "used to", so that's what sounds normal. But even as a native speaker, it's weird. Especially in writing.
I think the simplest replacement that 'just works' is to past-tense-...
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"It is recommended for us to have eaten…” Is this grammatical?
The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (CGEL), in the context of verbs that take non-finite clausal complements, lists "recommend" as a verb that does not allow the complementiser &...
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"It is recommended for us to have eaten…” Is this grammatical?
The sentence you wrote, "It is recommended for us to have eaten something before swimming" is grammatically correct.
The structure you used correctly expresses a suggestion or advice using a ...
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"It is recommended for us to have eaten…” Is this grammatical?
One finds in Alien Abduction for Professionals: Steamy Reverse Harem by Skye MacKinnon ( Peryton Press, 2021):
We'd done some weightlifting before we abducted Trish —the course had recommended for us ...
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"It is recommended for us to have eaten…” Is this grammatical?
It is recommended for us to have eaten something before swimming.
The sentence above was marked wrong without an explanation. It is likely that their teacher was expecting a sentence similar to this:
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Where to put "to me"?
There's nearly always more than one way to phrase something.
Both "explain the rules to me" and "explain to me the rules" are correct, but placing the indirect object ("to me&...
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Subjunctives and continuous
No subjunctive. Just "use your words"
You should start eating before she arrives.
If subjunctive can be avoided then they should be avoided. Use modals instead.
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Subjunctives and continuous
I suggest you are showing remorse when the judge questions you at the sentencing hearing.
That is not idiomatic in American English. We would not use the continuous there 99% of the time, and ...
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Subjunctives and continuous
In American English, I'd prefer the present subjunctive
I suggest you be [adjectival phrase]
although this leads to the somewhat unusual
I suggest you be eating when she comes.
This has a very ...
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