recommendation

[Naeem Afzal]

Hi teacher,

Is 'recommendation is a curse' correct?

Thanks.

 

[bhaisahab]

What does it mean?

 

[Naeem Afzal]

My religion is against recommendation. Telling somebody in authority that someone will be a suitable person.
Suppose I am an officer. I have a friend. He tells me about one of his relatives to be selected for the job and I choose him without looking at other candidates' documents.

 

[bhaisahab]

Nepotism is wrong. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/nepotism

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

It's not right or wrong. It's just a phrase. Give it to us in a short sentence. Then we can answer your question.

 

[Naeem Afzal]

Thank you, bhaisahab.

Can I also say "nepotism is a curse"?

Thank you, Charlie, but I'm not sure what you want me to do. Here is a short sentence: "recommendation is wrong", "recommendation is a curse".

 

[emsr2d2]

In the OP's defence, "Recommendation is a curse" is a short sentence!

I'm not sure what you're trying to say though. If you wish that people wouldn't recommend their friends and relatives to you, then "Recommendations are a curse" would be appropriate. If you're actually trying to say that choosing someone based on a recommendation without considering other candidates is immoral, then bhai's "Nepotism is wrong/unethical" is appropriate.

 

[Odessa Dawn]

Hi.:-D

My religion is ...

Why doesn't be Christianity, Islam, and/or Judaism not my religion, please?

 

[emsr2d2]

If you mean "Why did the poster not give the name of his/her religion instead of writing 'My religion'?" then the answer is simply that he/she does not have to give any personal information he/she doesn't want to.

 

[Odessa Dawn]

Hi.:-D

No. My apologies for not being clear—and it is always my fault. Generally speaking, I did mean instead of writing my religion, why don't we say in Christianity, in Islam, and/or in Judaism, please?

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Thank you, bhaisahab.

Can I also say "nepotism is a curse"?

Thank you, Charlie, but I'm not sure what you want me to do. Here is a short sentence: "recommendation is wrong", "recommendation is a curse".

I was asking for a complete sentence. Sentences start with capital letters, end with periods, exclamation points, or question marks, and generally have a noun and verb.

Now I see that your phrase is supposed to be a sentence. To make it a sentence, use a capital and a period. "Recommendation is a curse." "Recommendation is wrong." Without capitalization and punctuation, your question was very confusing.

Your sentence does not say what you want to say clearly. The suggestions people have been making are good.

If you do nothing else, give recommendation an article: "A recommendation is wrong." "A recommendation is a curse."

 

[Rover_KE]

Hi.:-D

No. My apologies for not being clear—and it is always my fault. Generally speaking, I did mean instead of writing my religion, why don't we say in Christianity, in Islam, and/or in Judaism, please?

The writer can choose whether to specify the religion or not.

 

[Naeem Afzal]

@Charlie

Is "recommendation is a curse" correct?

Do I have to put a full-stop after "curse"? I think one of the teachers of this website told me not to use in this case. And I should use a question mark at the end, that's it.

 

[Rover_KE]

Is "Recommendation is a curse" correct? With a capital R, it's correct.

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