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Good Advice: advice and suggestions |
Giving advice and making suggestions are two different language functions
MUST/HAVE TO [strong advice]
You must go to the doctor immediately, that looks serious.
You have to take her to that movie, she’s going to love it.
YOU’D BETTER (not) + bare infinitive (colloquial often: YOU BETTER...)
You’d better not call her now, she must be too angry with you
You better come to my house and ask my father
You can use these to give advice to a friend: SHOULD You should go to the doctor, he’ll tell you what to do You shouldn’t go to bed so late, you need more sleep WHY DON’T YOU I know it’s difficult to find, but why don’t you look on the Internet? Why don’t you wait here for a moment, I’m sure she will be back very soon HOW ABOUT + ING (or YOU + bare infinitive) You look bored. How about going for a walk? We could go to the river. How about you stay here and I go and look for help? |
MUST/HAVE TO [strong advice]
You must go to the doctor immediately, that looks serious.
You have to take her to that movie, she’s going to love it.
YOU’D BETTER (not) + bare infinitive (colloquial often: YOU BETTER...)
You’d better not call her now, she must be too angry with you
You better come to my house and ask my father
SUGGEST (+ that you (should) )
I suggest that you eat more vegetables
I suggest that you should take a holiday, you look so tired
IMPERATIVES (start, stop, try, consider...) + ing
Stop drinking so much coffee, it’s not healthy
Start going to the gym
Try talking to him, you may convince him
Consider buying a new bicycle and give the old one to your little brother
Suggestions: taking decisions together
You can use these to make suggestions when deciding what to do with our friends (together):
LET’S + bare infinitive
I’m bored. Let’s play a video game or something
Hey, let’s go for a walk
I’m bored. Let’s play a video game or something
Hey, let’s go for a walk
WHY DON’T WE...? Why don’t we have another beer? I’m so thirsty Why don’t we look for a better beach? This one is packed with people WHAT/HOW ABOUT? + ing or noun What about taking a taxi? I can’t give another step Do you want to watch a movie? How about ‘Forrest Gump’? -ING + IS ONE IDEA Having the party in the garden is one idea Telling Sam is one idea. Or we can also tell Mike |