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hello and welcome to let them talk my

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name is gideon so today we'll get a look

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at the difference between suggests and

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propose have a look at these three

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statements which is correct

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a julie suggests to go to the museum be

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julie suggests we go to the museum see

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julie proposes us to go to the museum

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did you get the correct answer the

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correct answer is B okay the word

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suggest means to offer something for

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consideration suggest cannot be followed

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by object and infinitive that's why a is

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incorrect however suggest can be used

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with several structures let's have a

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look you can use suggest with ing for

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example my friend suggested seeing a

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movie or he suggested changing the name

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of his business you can suggest

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something for example he suggested a

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good way to improve his English or she

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suggested a weekend in Brighton if we

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want to say who we are suggesting

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something - then we can use the

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structure suggest plus that Plus subject

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plus subjunctive suggests is one of the

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verbs which can be used with the

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subjunctive but don't let that scare you

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it just means that the second part of

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the phrase will be in the form

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infinitive without to here are some

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examples his friend suggested that he

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buy a new sofa I suggest that you be

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here before nightfall

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and that's why in our earlier question

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be

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correct Julia suggests that we go to the

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museum the negative can be used by

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placing not before the verb she

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suggested that we not leave before

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Friday propose is a more formal word

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than suggest and is used less often

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however sometimes we can use propose and

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not suggest when we put forward a plan

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or say what we intend to do it can be

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used with a noun for example the

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president has proposed a new tax on

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sugar or with a verb with ing the mayor

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proposed banning cars from the city

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center when you propose to somebody it

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means asking somebody to marry for

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example he proposed to her in the garden

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you can also propose a toast that's it

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