Recommend to and recommend for are both standard but express different relationships. Recommend by is mainly found in passive structures.
Use recommend to for the person receiving advice. Use recommend for for a job, purpose, or treatment. Recommend by is uncommon in active sentences and usually appears in passive wording.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
Use to for the person who receives the recommendation.
Use for when suggesting a person or thing for a position, purpose, or use.
By introduces the person or organisation making the recommendation.
The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.
Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.
Use to for the person receiving advice.
✕ I recommended the film for my friend. ✓ I recommended the film to my friend.By usually appears in passive sentences.
✕ I recommended by my manager this app. ✓ This app was recommended by my manager.To introduces the person; for introduces the purpose or position.
✕ She recommended him to promotion. ✓ She recommended him for promotion.Choose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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Recommend to names the person receiving advice. Recommend for names a purpose, role, or use.
Yes, mainly in passive constructions such as recommended by experts.
Yes. You can say I recommend this book or We recommend arriving early.
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