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Yellowstarstruck Posted 10 years ago
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Hi! Are all the below suggestions or recommendations?
Thanks, Fulvio
1. You should watch that movie.
2. You should try that pizza.
3. You should visit the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
4. You should play golf.
5. You should go to that restaurant.
  

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They could be interpreted as either. It is not a very clear cut distinction.

  • They could be interpreted as either.
  • It is not a very clear cut distinction.
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They could be interpreted as either. It is not a very clear cut distinction.
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yellowstarstrucksuggestions or recommendations?
I think of "should" as related to advice, which to me is closer to a recommendation than to a suggestion, so I'd call them recommendations if I had to choose, but note GPY's post.

CJ
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yellowstarstruckHi! Are all the below suggestions or recommendations?
Now I look at this again, I wonder if I may have misunderstood the question slightly. Originally I read it that you were asking whether they were suggestions, or whether they were recommendations, making a distinction between the two. Now I wonder whether you meant "suggestions or recommenda

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