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Discover LudwigThe phrase "I commanded to" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used incorrectly as it lacks a direct object or a clear action following "to." Example: "I commanded him to leave the room."
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In my book Travels with Harley - Journeys in Search of Personal and National Identity, I recalled a conversation with Joey, one of our doormen at the apartment complex I lived in on the Jersey City waterfront not long after 9/11 as I was preparing to deploy the Civil Affairs battalion I commanded to Iraq.
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I am commanded to do my part on the occasional Sunday morning at 8. The doctor's office is quiet, save for the techie who sings show tunes while I'm doing what must be done.
Suddenly there's a ringing in my ears, or rather a beeping, and I am commanded to do things: "Pick up a loaf of seven-grain bread on your way home".
As a Christian, I am commanded to forgive, "seventy times seven" if that's what it takes.
Then fill in where the witness is commanded to appear (i.e., where the hearing will be held) as well as the date and time of the hearing.[13].[13]
"I want to bring the attention I can command to the problems of upstate," Mrs. Clinton said to a business group in suburban Buffalo.
It was a very lengthy feature, and before I got to the long coda where I commanded people to stop talking about the murders, suicide, skull jewellery, arson, and political extremism and concentrate on the music instead, I recapped the band's history including all the stuff about the murders, suicide, skull jewellery, arson, political extremism, and whatnot.
It was a very lengthy feature and before I got to the long coda where I commanded people to stop talking about the murders, suicide, skull jewellery, arson, political extremism and concentrate on the music instead; I recapped the band's history, including all the stuff about the murders, suicide, skull jewellery, arson, political extremism and whatnot.
"I commanded her to cross behind my back, lay down, and put her chin on the floor.
But he said of the failed car bomb, "What do you think, I commanded somebody to blow up a building in the middle of Times Square?
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