Advice/Suggestions

There are times in our lives when we need advice. If you need to ask for advice, you can use the following expressions:

-What would you do?

- (Do you have) any advice/ suggestions/ recommendations/ thoughts/ ideas?

- What should SUBJECT do?

- What do you think (SUBJECT should do)?

Not everyone wants advice, but if you offer it to someone you can do it in the following ways:

- Can I offer you some advice?

- Can I offer you a piece of advice?

- Can I make a suggestion?

When making suggestions or asking for advice, you can use these expressions:

- What/How about (noun)?

- What/How about (v-ing..)?

- What if you …… verb-ed?

- What if you were (infinitive)?

- I’d recommend (noun) (v-ing).

- I’d suggest (noun) (v-ing).

- I’d suggest that you (simple verb).

- I’d recommend that you (simple verb).

- Why don’t I/ you/ we/ they…?

- Why doesn’t he/she /it….?

-SUBJECT could (simple verb)…

- SUBJECT had better (simple verb)…

- SUBJECT should (simple verb) …

- If I were SUBJECT, I’d…

- Have you considered (noun) (v-ing)..?

- Have you tried (noun)/(v-ing)…?

- Have you thought about (noun) (v-ing)..?

-You might consider (noun) (v-ing).

- You might think about (noun) (v-ing).

- You might (simple verb)…

You should always thank someone for their suggestions (even if you don’t really agree.)

- That’s a /What a good idea.

- That’s a /What a good suggestion.

- Thanks for the idea/suggestion.

- I hadn’t thought (about) of that.