I don't believe there is any antonym for recommendation that would be followed by for. So in any case you'd have to conjoin nouns and prepositions. For example: recommendations for and discouragement of... recommendations for and criticism of; recommendations for and opposition to; recommendations for and disapproval of
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In other words, this person doesn't stand prominently as the explicit object of the recommendation as it does in the former sentence. In brief, I was thinking that sentence 1 above may be interpreted as 2 too, not only as"recommend to you". When I use"for" in between the verb"recommend" and the person recommended this is more clearly shown:
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They are highly qualified to make this recommendation. If you say that you highly recommend something, it's a bit weird. For one thing, it doesn't really work in the active. It better lends itself to being used in the passive. Also, you are kind of boasting about your credentials, saying that you are highly qualified to make this recommendation ...
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By the same rules, To whom it may concern would be used for situations in which the recipient is a third party to the topic of the letter (e.g. regarding a letter of reference or recommendation). Was I taught correctly? Is the rule actually something else? Or is this one of those situations where many people have an opinion but there is no real ...
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If I provide you with a recommendation of X, X is a thing you can acquire, and I am endorsing your acquisition of it (generally in contrast to similar alternatives). Example: you need a cleaning service, I provide you with a recommendation of a particular such service (perhaps the one I myself use and find to be satisfactory).
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Technically speaking, as @Mustafa points out, there are some contexts where omitting the first"to" implies that the recommendation itself is being made to someone else, about you. In practice this is rarely an issue - the intended meaning is invariably clear, and in most cases the advice is actually being given to"you".
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Suggest is also used to distinguish between a recommendation and an order."I suggest you do this" has a different tone to"Do this." Sometimes an intensifier is used to convey that what is formally only a suggestion is actually a command"I
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The example creates cognitive dissonance, because the syntax does not match the semantics:"to define" is the recommendation (or direct object), and"you" is the indirect object. Oxford's example does not contradict this;"recommend somebody to do something" means that"somebody" is the recommendation, like in"I recommend John for the job."
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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 language (e.g. magazines), but never in a dictionary or grammar book, or in literature. Also, what is the process of creating recommendee or recommender out of recommendation called?
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I'm guessing the fact that you"need" a shorter word implies it's for a software User Interface context. In which case it might be that rating (as in 1-5 stars) would work best. The word"commend" is almost half the length of recommendation, and it's similar enough in meaning to substitute for it. E.g.,"I commend this movie to you," or"I ...
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