Re: Recommend lexical-binding in Coding Conventions

[Stefan Kangas]

Hi Alan,

Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> writes:

> We recommended -> we recommend.  :-)
>
> The verb "recommend" needs a direct object (or gerund).  That direct
> object can either be the thing recommended, or the person to whom the
> recommendation is being made.
>
> So, correct forms of your statement would be either:
>
>     We recommend YOU to enable ... and to convert .....
>
> or
>
>     We recommend ENABLING .... and CONVERTING ....
>
> .  English isn't always an easy language.  ;-)

This is very useful.  I'll fix these mistakes before pushing.

Thanks for taking the time to write out a detailed explanation.