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10. Recommendations and Suggestions

Making recommendations

We use these words and phrases to recommend something to someone:

· You mustn't miss the...

· You must go to the...

· You've got to... (do)

· You'll love the...

· I would / wouldn't recommend the...

· You definitely would /wouldn't enjoy going to the...

Making suggestions

We use these words and phrases to suggest something to someone:

· Shall I/we... (do)?

· Let's... (do).

· Why don't I/we... (do)?

· How about... (doing)?

· What about... (doing)?

· I think we should... (do).

· I suggest that we.. (do).

· It might be a good idea if we /you... (do).

· I think the best way of dealing with this situation would be to... (do).

· If you ask me, I think we /you should... (do). We could...

Rejecting a suggestion

We use these words and phrases to politely reject a suggestion made by someone else:

· Yes, but wouldn't it be better to... (do)?

· That's a good ide but... (do).