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Cat navy 425 Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

I suggest that he be an Engineer.

Dear all,

I saw the following sentences in an English teaching video. But I couldn't understand the meaning of those sentences because of the presentence of "suggest". Kindly help me with this.

1) I suggest that he be an engineer.

(I think that he is an engineer or I want him to be an engineer)

2) My brother suggests that Tom be a police officer.

(My brother thinks that Tom is a police officer or My brother wants Tom to be a police officer)

3) I suggest that he be in the room right now.

(I think that he is in the room now or I want him to be in the room now.

Thank you.

  

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They are all poor examples, especially number 3. They are not what you call wrong, exactly, but I would never use them. They are hard to understand and sound weird.

— Anonymous

  • They are all poor examples, especially number 3.
  • They are not what you call wrong, exactly, but I would never use them.
  • They are hard to understand and sound weird.
  • I suggest that you forget them.
  • I would suggest that he become an engineer or a police officer.
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They are all poor examples, especially number 3. They are not what you call wrong, exactly, but I would never use them. They are hard to understand and sound weird. I suggest that you forget them.

I would suggest that he become an engineer or a police officer. And if he is not already in the room, I might suggest that he be brought in.

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cat navy 425I couldn't understand the meaning

You can paraphrase them in several ways.

I suggest that he be an engineer.
~ I think that he should be an engineer.
~ If I were advising him, I would tell him "Be an engineer".

"be" is used in the meaning "become" in these sentences.

The same paraphrases are possible for your other exam

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