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Twink Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

What is the best way to improve vocabulary and idioms?

I am good enough at framing sentences, but not able to put my views in English just because I don't have good knowledge of vocabulary and idioms. I really like to use idioms but don't know much. Could you suggest me the best way to improve my vocabulary and idioms.
  

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Read a lot of English newspapers, magazines, and books. Look up every word you don't understand in a dictionary. Be sure to use these new words every chance you get, whether in speaking or writing English.

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Read a lot of English newspapers, magazines, and books. Look up every word you don't understand in a dictionary. Be sure to use these new words every chance you get, whether in speaking or writing English.

CJ
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Just a short comment about the mistake you made in using suggest.
In your context, recommend should be used not suggest.
Their structures are as below;

Suggest:
1. Sugest something to somebody
2. suggest doing something
3. Suggest that somebody should do something

Recommend:
1. Recommend something to somebody
2. Recommed doing something
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hrsaneiIn your context, recommend should be used not suggest.
I don't see anything wrong in using suggest, do you, CJ?
Both recommend and suggest have different meanings, dear Hamid.

Twink: Could you suggest me the best way to improve my vocabulary and idioms?
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Twink used "suggest" unidiomatically. You can't suggest a person anything. You can suggest something they might like.
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Hi.
I am just expressing my impression about these words. I could be totally wrong.
The word that comes right after suggest is the object of suggestion, so I can say I suggest you to the committe member.
That is the way I was taught and seen in different contexts.
Lets see what others say.
Regards
Hamid
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prajwalkrI don't see anything wrong in using suggest, do you, CJ?
It seems this thread has taken a detour from "learning idioms and vocabulary" to "the grammar of suggest and recommend"!

Here's the sentence again:

Could you suggest me the best way to improve my vocabulary and idioms.

Here are its woes and complaints:
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Thanks a lot for your suggestion CJ. I actually forgot to even visiting this website because I was using some other website. So it took too long to respond to your valuable comments. Sorry for that.
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Prajwal, I'm not sure but is it correct in formal english to say " in my dictionary.." while we talk about the vocabulary knowledge that we have. And what you say CJ about this?
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Thanks again for your valuable words, CJ. I will remember your suggestions.
CalifJim I'd like the sentence to start with "Can", not "Could".
I actually used to use "can" but found some one using could so I started using could much more in a question. Now can you tell me where we use "could" in question.
CalifJim4 (finicky point) Is it r
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Twinkcan you tell me where we use "could" in question.
Both 'can' and 'could' are fine.
TwinkI didn't understand your finicky point
When you improve something, you make it better. If you say "I want to improve my vocabulary" you are saying that you want to make your vocabulary (the words you know) better. It seems that you
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