Recommend me some proper english.

[Endocrom]

You know you see it about every week around here, it's really annoying to me, and I wasn't even that good at english.

"Recommend me a _____" = you are the object you want recommended to the _____ (pretty abstract)

"Cut me a slice of pizza" = chop my body up till it resembles a slice of pizza, or it could be taken as two unrelated things. "Injure me with a knife. Hey, I see pizza."

"Recommend me for that opening in accounts receivable" I want to be recommended for that job. (correct)

If you would kindly:
"Recommend an anime for/to me"
"Recommend a game"
"Suggest to me some movies"
"I'd like some suggestions for bands"
"Give some ideas to me on _____"

 

[ACman]

That's a little prescriptivist.

The English language is a live language and changes all the time.

Do we all speak the Queen's English? Do we still speak 18th or 19th century English?

And I'm not even sure that the usage that you're complaining about is incorrect. It's simply forms the request as an 'order' rather than a 'desire'. To be entirely correct it would have to include 'for' as in "recommend for me".

 

[F4LL3N]

I've never thought about it. It really doesn't bother me at all. It's not like anyone's going to mistake "recommend a game" for "I'm a game, recommend me!", or whatever it is you're getting at.

If you're referring to thread titles, well generally you want it to be simple and catchy as to receive more views. The only type of "bad" English that sometimes gets to me is walls of text or extremely bad spelling. As it's actually hard to understand what that person is trying to communicate.

 

[Amethyst Wind]

You clearly know what was being meant when these things were said, so who cares?

Grammatical accuracy is for schoolwork, it doesn't really matter too much in the real world.

 

[Deadly Mad Prophet]

I'm big on proper language use, but I've also come to accept that certain rules will be ignored, such as those that govern the often-abused hyphen. I am also irritated by the use of the non-word "snuck" when people mean "sneaked."

I could geek out all day about common, simple mistakes people make all the time, though, as I used to be an editor so they tend to jump out at me. I find these errors to ruin the aesthetic of whatever is written, but I also find it incredible that anyone can understand anything that is written at all, and surely this dubious feat is a tribute to our human capacity for adaptation.

If I may, however, my recommendation to you is that if you are going to post a thread complaining about grammar, make sure you capitalize "English."

 

[AdmiralMemo]

Grammatical accuracy is for schoolwork, it doesn't really matter too much in the real world.

You don't have a real-world job, do you? Grammatical accuracy can mean success or failure in the modern workplace. (Note: I said "can" not "does" so it's not always the case. It depends on the job.)

 

[Amethyst Wind]

Grammatical accuracy is for schoolwork, it doesn't really matter too much in the real world.

You don't have a real-world job, do you? Grammatical accuracy can mean success or failure in the modern workplace. (Note: I said "can" not "does" so it's not always the case. It depends on the job.)

I teach English as a second language. My job revolves around deciding what parts of English are important to be understood, not what sets off the grammar check on your Word document.

 

[Endocrom]

I am also irritated by the use of the non-word "snuck" when people mean "sneaked."

heh, that made me think of this

 

[Lord Mountbatten Reborn]

Really? You're going to get pissy over this? When people claim they're doing this for the sake of clarity, I can understand certain examples, but not this one. Everyone understands what it means. You need to relax about this kind of thing.

The only thing I don't like about these titles is how rude and commanding they sound due to the fact that they are imperatives.

 

[Fanfic_warper]

Ah, another grammar nazi thread. Look, not everyone is grammar conscious, just leave it be.