how can I make this sentence negative?

> doing that is highly recommended

Is non-recommended true?

Negative in general or in grammatical sense?

I like to know both of them :-)

@Shafizadeh Don't think so. You can use something along the lines of inadvisable or ill-advised.

Alright .. grammatical sense

To make it grammatically negative just make the verb negative. What is the main verb?

recommend

That is a verb, but the main verb is the auxiliary is.

> Doing that is not highly recommended.

Simple as that.

:-)

I think your sentence isn't deep as mine is ..!

It's what you asked for.

Look, "is highly recommended" means "doing that is the best" .. But "is not highly recommended" means "not doing that is better" (not "the bese")

You asked two questions warranting two different answers.

ok, got it, thx

Maybe it's not called the main verb, but the head of the verb phrase or something ...

@Veo It's fine, and that should not be replaced by if. It's a form of inversion (although that term is usually applied to subject/verb order):

"It is a mystery to me that he wants to leave" or

"The mystery to me is that he wants to leave"

There ought to be a question about it already, but after half an hour of searching, I couldn't find one.

Thank you1

:)

Can you use would have (in the perfect) for past habits they way would is used?

> I have so many memories from when we lived in that house. We would set up a football tournament in the yard every weekend. Before that, me and my brother would play / would have played foosball in our room; it was fun, but much more so was the tournaments.

(Gave quite a context, didn't I.)

@Færd Perhaps.

@Færd I think it's bordering on anidiomatic.

I would use a different tense or construction.

Like used to play.

Or just would play.

Good question.

Thank you all.

I'm going to avoid using it for now with that kind of meaning in mind.

Today I was filling an application form and when I was reviewing it, I realized that I had used would for a perfect kind of past habit, and I was happy with my choice. Nevertheless, I corrected it into the perfect form to conform with the mechanical mind of the employer that would most probably demand the perfect form there.