Anyone who knows a dentist to recommend?

Silverobama

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My teeth have been bothering me lately. Since I have friends from all walks of life, I figured some of them must know a good dentist, so I asked them to recommend one.

Is my question "Anyone who knows a dentist to recommend?" natural?
 
My teeth have been bothering me lately. Since I have friends from all walks of life, I figured some of them must know a good dentist, so I asked them to recommend one.

Is my question "Anyone who knows a dentist to recommend?" natural?
No. It's grammatically incorrect.

Does anyone know a good dentist?
Can anyone recommend a dentist?


You can't start a complete grammatical question with "Anyone". You might hear a native speaker say "Anyone know a good dentist?" but that's just a shortened version of my first italic question above. It's fine in casual, everyday speech but never in an exam or formal setting.
 

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