"Advise" vs. "advise that"

Question

... and I want to advise they, too, come for a session.
... and I want to advise that they, too, come for a session.

The first is how I first wrote it. Do I need that?

Colin Fine · Accepted Answer

I think there are two patterns for "advise":

advise [somebody] that (sentence)

eg

He advised them that they should object
He advised that somebody should follow them

and

advise somebody to (non-finite clause)

eg

He advised them to object

Your second example is my first pattern, but I do not find your first pattern to be grammatical.

TLP · Answer

Both work, though they sound rather clunky. Both require some processing, but the second one is easier to read, IMO. I would write something like:

and my advice is...
and I [want to/would] advise them to also come for a session.
and I would recommend they also come for a session.

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