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Tenacious Learner Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Could 'by contrast' be a fine explanation for 'however', in the following context?

Hi teachers,
Could 'by contrast' be a fine explanation for 'however', in the following context? If not could you suggest to me a couple please.
He has to work hard— harder than the excavator operators, for example. However, he earns less money than they do.

Thanks in advance.

Aside: Is it 'suggest me' or 'suggest to me'?
  

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He has to work hard — harder than the excavator operators , for example. However / Nevertheless / Yet / Nonetheless / Despite that, he earns less money than they do. -- Suggest to me.

— Mister Micawber

  • He has to work hard — harder than the excavator operators , for example.
  • However / Nevertheless / Yet / Nonetheless / Despite that, he earns less money than they do.
  • -- Suggest to me.
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He has to work hard— harder than the excavator operators, for example. However / Nevertheless / Yet / Nonetheless / Despite that, he earns less money than they do.

Aside: Is it 'suggest me' or 'suggest to me'?-- Suggest to me.
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Hi Mister Micawber,
Thank you for your reply. So, mine doesn't work obviously.Emotion: shake

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Thinking SpainIs it 'suggest me' or 'suggest to me'?
I'd say it's 'suggest'. It's more idiomatic in English to omit "to me" after certain verbs, for example, 'explain', 'suggest', and 'recommend'. And formations like "explain me (something)" or "suggest me (something) are absolutely wrong.

Can you explain why it happened? ("to me" unnecessar
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