{"id":12562,"date":"2019-03-24T15:10:23","date_gmt":"2019-03-24T23:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=12562"},"modified":"2023-01-07T08:28:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T16:28:15","slug":"925-business-english-lesson-26-respond-make-suggestions-in-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2019\/03\/24\/925-business-english-lesson-26-respond-make-suggestions-in-english\/","title":{"rendered":"925 English Lesson 26 &#8211; Making and Responding to Suggestions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"videoWrapper\">\n<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n9srPtAqeSY?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; camera;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>In today&#8217;s 925 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">English video<\/a> lesson, we&#8217;re going to learn how to make and respond to suggestions in English.<\/p>\n<p>In work situations, people are continually making suggestions. It could be about something simple, like where to go for lunch. Or it could be about a complex problem, like how to increase sales. You might make a suggestion in English to one person, or to a whole group of people in a meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Making a suggestion means stating one possible option. And that&#8217;s why we often use a question to make a suggestion, such as &#8220;What about&#8221; or &#8220;Have you tried.&#8221; And with these expressions, you have to use the -ing form of the verb, such as &#8220;What about asking our manager?&#8221; But there are other expressions that just use the base form of the verb, without adding -ing. The expressions &#8220;Why don&#8217;t we&#8221; and &#8220;Let&#8217;s&#8221; both work in this way. 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