Using apostrophe when abbreviating "recommendations" as
When abbreviating the word "recommendations" as "reco''s", is it proper to use the apostrophe to show that it''s an abbreviation, or does it conflict with a possessive apostrophe?
When abbreviating the word "recommendations" as "reco''s", is it proper to use the apostrophe to show that it''s an abbreviation, or does it conflict with a possessive apostrophe?
If person A gives person B a recommendation, can you call A recommender and B recommendee — or are these words made up? I''ve seen both forms used in everyday
Strongly recommended means the recommendation comes to you ''strongly'' ie you are being powerfully urged to do, or not do... something. Eg it is strongly recommended that
Depends on the context. Is the recommendation good/bad/mediocre, or are there recommendations you might make about changes to the dataset?
The recommend + person + to -infinitive formulation seems to have been more common in the past, while the recommend that + person + subjunctive appears to be gaining
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