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Coachpotato Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

SUGGEST

Are these three sentences correct? - which one would you say?

I suggested to Brian that he went and saw the doctor.

I suggested to Brian that he go and see the doctor.

I suggested to Brian that he should go and see the doctor.

Thanks for your help.
  

Top answer

The first is awful-- the other two are fine. The third is more frequent in BrE.

— Mister Micawber

  • The first is awful-- the other two are fine.
  • The third is more frequent in BrE.
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The first is awful-- the other two are fine. The third is more frequent in BrE.
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Thanks Mister Micawber. Can you tell me what's wrong with the first one?

Can't you say 'I suggested we went to the beach' ?
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No, sorry-- you cannot if you want to use 'correct' English, CP. Suggestion and advice are situations in which we use either the subjunctive or 'putative' should:

I suggest/suggested/will suggest (that) you go/should go home.
I suggest/suggested/will suggest (that) he go/should go home.
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Actually, I saw this example in a grammar book called 'First Certificate Language Practice':

I suggested going to the beach.

I suggested that we went to the beach.
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I still don't like it. Wait for a Brit; maybe s/he will.
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Coachpotato
I suggested that we went to the beach.

I'm not a Brit, and I like the second one (above, at the top of the thread).

As to, 'I suggested that we went to the beach', it might be expressed that way by someone who uses the word 'suggested' to mean 'indicated' ( by hinting, winking, nodding or by giving some such
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