Structure and Style
How to suggest courses of action.
Look at the following ways of making suggestions:
I would suggest DOING
(Surely) it would be* a good idea if X DID
Wouldn’t it be** good if X DID
(Surely) X could DO
I would (only) suggest that X should DO <rather formal>
X clearly has the responsibility to DO <rather formal: strong>
It is time X DID <strong>
*Other words can be used here, e.g. ...more sensible, advantageous.
** Other phrases can be used here, e.g. ...safer, sensible, more intelligent, etc.
Exercise 5
Using structures from above, make sentences from the following :
Traffic has become a major problem in most big cities. Below are some suggestions for solving the problem.
| 5a) Surely/good idea/increase/tax on petrol | |
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5a) Surely good the tax on petrol.
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| 5b) I/suggest/ban cars/city centres | |
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5bi) I would suggest
cars from city centres.
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| 5c) It is time/encourage people/use public transport | |
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5c) It is time public transport.
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| 5d) Surely/streets/made into pedestrian precinct | |
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5d) Surely made into pedestrian precincts.
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| 5e) It is time/ban cars/city centres | |
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5e) It is time city centres.
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| 5f) Wouldn’t/sensible/improve public transport | |
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5f) Wouldn't public transport?
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| 5g) The authorities/responsibility/improve public transport | |
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5g) The authorities clearly improve public transport.
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| 5h) I/suggest/people/stop driving/work | |
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5f) I (only) suggest that driving to work.
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| 5i)The government/responsibility/build better ring roads | |
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5i) The government clearly build better ring roads.
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| 5j) Surely city councils/ban cars/city centres | |
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5j) Surely city councils cars city centres.
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