Hello why is this wrong? can you explain? I suggested him the Holiday Inn. It's wrong,. here is an example,so I can use "suggest" with "him,her,it" indirect pronouns cannot I ? http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/suggest

There must have been something before or after this sentence. I am afraid your sentence is not complete although it is a subjunctive one the conditional clause is present and the resulting clause is not present. In this sentence " If we

I have always heard in conversation - that must be him / her on the phone. Of course we say:He is on the phone now. Grammatically, "that must be him" it is not strictly correct, since the case of a pronoun after "be" is

1) This was an example on an internet site: 'That must be him on the phone' The site suggested that it should read, 'that must be he on the phone' Correct. But I'm the only person I know personally who says it that way. Their

But I'm stuck with a sentence where "to do" is replaced by "not to do": a1) I suggest not doing X. (I reckon this is fine) a2) I suggest not to do X. (???) b1) I suggest Y shouldn't do X. (I reckon this

Some another issues to discuss I saw your old friend, him whom you pointed out at the last meeting Him whom >> whom Objective pronoun is redundand, we need only relative pronou I really don´t know if there is a mistake in this sentence She

. Yes, I think so, but I am muddled by my preference for If I were he, Were I he -- as long as you wish to use the more formal subjunctive, I would use the seemingly more formal nominative pronoun. Informal: If I was him...

I thought I'd already posted a reply in this thread. Hmmm, I must have forgotten to hit the 'post' button. At any rate, my reaction was exactly the same as CJ's. However, I've heard a rumor from a handful of Brits that the

Hoa Thai wrote: Goodman wrote: You asked: Why can’t I find insist on somebody doing something usage in any dictionaries? Hi Goodman, That was exactly what I asked. Is 'She insisted on John speaking for us

Anonymous wrote: Obviously, there is a difference in meaning between "We insist that he uphold the law" and "We insist that he upholds the law" (the first is stating more of a command and the other stating a belief about the situation), but I