expressions of suggestion

Expressions of SUGGESTION

ASKING FOR SUGGESTION

What do you suggest …? Do you have any advice? Can you give me some advice? Do you have any idea about my old car? If you were me, what would you do? Can you recommend suitable clothes for the party? Do you have any recommendations about …? What is your suggestion …?

GIVING SUGGESTION

Let me suggest you’d better sell it and buy a new one. If I were you, I would stop waiting for her. I recommend that you wear batik. My recommendation is that … I’d like to suggest that … Why not studying together. What /How about studying together. Why don’t we study together

 

Below is a sample of the dialogue using the expressions of SUGGESTION

	Situation: Keren has a problem with her computer. She asks for suggestion about the best repair shop.
Rosa	: Hello, Keren. You look very upset. What’s the matter?
Keren	: Well, actually I’ve got a problem. My computer doesn’t work well and I can’t repair it by my self.
Rosa	: That’s too bad. Why don’t you repair it at Mr. Syam’s repair shop? He is the best electrical appliances repair man in this town.
Keren	: Really? That would be nice. Pick me up at eleven o’clock tomorrow and then we go there, okay?
Rosa	: No, I don’t think so. I will be busy at that time. We should better go there after lunch.
Keren	: Okay, then.