Making Recommendations and Suggestions

Recommend with verbs:

I recommend (that) you eat at that restaurant. V1 (“that” is optional)

I recommend eating at that restaurant. Ving

with nouns:

I recommend that restaurant.

I recommend the fish.

in questions:

What do you recommend we eat?

Which restaurant do you recommend we eat at?

Can you recommend any good restaurants?

Can you recommend somewhere to eat?

Do you recommend this restaurant?

Negative: formed with don’t.

ex. I don’t recommend eating there. I don’t recommend the fish.

Politeness: We can use would between the subject and the verb to make the sentence more polite. If the sentence is negative, we use wouldn’t.

ex: I would recommend eating at this restaurant. I wouldn’t recommend the fish.

In questions with can, we can use could instead.

ex: Could you recommend somewhere to eat?

** INCORRECT: “I recommend you this restaurant.”, “I recommend to/for you this restaurant.”, “I recommend we to go to this restaurant.”

Suggest with verbs:

I suggest (that) we go to a museum. V1 (“that” is optional)

I suggest going to a museum. Ving

with nouns:

I suggest the Louvre.

I suggest the impressionist paintings.

in questions:

Where do you suggest we go?

Which museum do you suggest we go to?

Can you suggest a good museum?

Do you suggest we go to the Louvre?

Negative: formed with don’t.

ex. I don’t suggest that museum. I don’t suggest the Greek statues.

Politeness: We can use would between the subject and the verb to make the sentence more polite. If the sentence is negative, we use wouldn’t.

ex: I would suggest going to the Louvre. I wouldn’t suggest the Egyptian art.

In questions with can, we can use could instead.

ex: Could you suggest a good museum?

** INCORRECT: “I suggest you the Louvre.”, “I suggest to/for you the Louvre.”, “I suggest we to go to that museum.”