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Perhaps it should be "Recommend Close to recommend that this question should be closed"?

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  • Please forgive my lack of knowledge of English on this one!
    – kos
    Commented Apr 13, 2015 at 14:53

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No, that seems fine to me. And a Google search shows it's not an uncommon construct, going as far back as 1808 in the Books search.

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  • Not a native speaker myself, so it sounded weird to my ears. You're right, it seems pretty widespread too. Also Oxford Dictionaries reports it as a possible construct, so I think there should be no more questioning.
    – kos
    Commented Apr 13, 2015 at 11:41

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