1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:05,719 I advise you listen to this whole podcast. I know that I have suggested 2 00:00:05,719 --> 00:00:11,640 this before, and I often recommend listening to podcasts as a way of improving 3 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:16,960 your English. Well, today I would like to propose you grab a pen 4 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:25,719 and a notebook and listen up. Welcome to another Happy English podcast coming to 5 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:30,800 you from New York City, and here's your English teacher, Michael. All 6 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:35,960 right, thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael here from Happy 7 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:41,960 English and I help people speak English better. This is Happy English Podcast, 8 00:00:42,119 --> 00:00:50,479 Episode seven twenty. Advise, propose, recommend, and suggest. When you 9 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:56,000 have advice that you want another person to consider. There are four verbs that 10 00:00:56,079 --> 00:01:03,759 you can use. These are advice, propose, recommend, and suggest. 11 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:10,879 Interestingly, these verbs can be used with three different grammar patterns, which is 12 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:15,519 when we're going to look at today. By the end of this podcast English 13 00:01:15,599 --> 00:01:21,200 Lesson, you'll be able to use all four verbs in all three grammar patterns 14 00:01:21,239 --> 00:01:26,840 with ease. Let's dive in. The First thing I want to talk about 15 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:33,879 is the difference between these four words. Advise is the most formal. Usually 16 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:41,040 people with some authority use the word advice, like doctors and bosses, as 17 00:01:41,079 --> 00:01:47,719 well as people doing official business, like the police and government officials. You've 18 00:01:47,799 --> 00:01:52,920 probably heard TV commercials that say things like four out of five doctors advise a 19 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:57,760 low fat diet. Sounds official. Right. Propose is also official sounding, 20 00:01:57,879 --> 00:02:02,680 and for me, propose is a word often used by people in charge. 21 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:08,240 In the Star Trek TV series, Captain Kirkwood turned to Spock and ask, 22 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:13,759 mister Spock, what do you propose? In everyday English conversation, you can 23 00:02:13,879 --> 00:02:20,280 use suggest and recommend. When you suggest something, you think it's a good 24 00:02:20,319 --> 00:02:24,560 idea. When you recommend something, it's probably because you think it's a good 25 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:31,960 idea based on your experience. And now let's look at the three grammar patterns 26 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:38,280 that we use with advise, propose, recommend, and suggest. First of 27 00:02:38,319 --> 00:02:43,960 all, you can use these words followed by a noun. Here are some 28 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:51,240 examples of that. The teacher suggests a podcast to learn English. Naw Goo 29 00:02:51,439 --> 00:02:58,599 recommended a book about dogs. I think most doctors advise a fat free diet 30 00:02:58,759 --> 00:03:04,879 for your health. At the meeting, the HR manager proposed a change in 31 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:10,280 the policy. The next grammar pattern is these four words followed by a gerrand. 32 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:17,439 That's the ing verb. For example, the teacher suggests listening to a 33 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:24,680 podcast to learn English. Now Go recommended reading a book about dogs. I 34 00:03:24,879 --> 00:03:31,840 think most doctors advise staying on a fat free diet for your health. At 35 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:38,360 the meeting, the HR manager proposed changing the policy. And finally, you 36 00:03:38,439 --> 00:03:45,400 can use these four words followed by that and then a subject and a base 37 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:51,319 verb. Here are some examples of this pattern. The teacher suggested that she 38 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:57,439 listened to a podcast to learn English. Notice I said she listened, and 39 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:03,879 not she listens with these four verbs. In this grammar pattern, it's always 40 00:04:03,919 --> 00:04:11,520 a subject followed by a base verb. The teacher suggested that she listened to 41 00:04:11,599 --> 00:04:17,399 a podcast to learn English. Here are some other examples. Now Go recommended 42 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:24,759 that he read a book about dogs. I think most doctors advise that you 43 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:30,120 stay on a fat free diet for your health. At the meeting, the 44 00:04:30,399 --> 00:04:36,079 HR manager proposed that they change the policy. By the way in conversational English 45 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:44,560 that is often omitted from sentences like these. For example, the teacher suggested 46 00:04:44,759 --> 00:04:49,480 she listen to a podcast to learn english. Now Go recommended he read a 47 00:04:49,519 --> 00:04:57,040 book about dogs. The doctor advised, I stay on a fat free diet. 48 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:01,160 Keep in mind the best way to remember this and any other word or 49 00:05:01,199 --> 00:05:05,639 phrase in English is to take that word or phrase, write it in a 50 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:11,720 sentence that's true for you or true in your world, and then memorize your 51 00:05:11,959 --> 00:05:16,240 sentences. By the way, can you imagine getting the chance to practice this 52 00:05:16,399 --> 00:05:21,560 kind of English with me directly? You can get more practice using your English 53 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:29,199 when you join my podcast Learner's Study group. 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