suggest

suggest
suggest
1. When followed by a that-clause (or one with that omitted) and proposing a course of action rather than hinting at a fact, suggest commonly generates a subjunctive verb, and the same is true of the noun suggestion:

• Uncle doesn't suggest that she bring a lamp from the next room —Saul Bellow, AmE 1987

• The suggestion that all HIV-positive individuals be forcibly tattooed —Dædalus, AmE 1989

• He suggested she try her hand at adapting Beaumarchais's Eugénie —M. Finberg, BrE 2001.

Alternative constructions with should (He suggested that they should find a scenic route), and with an ordinary tense (I suggest that he has another try) are more common in BrE than in AmE, but in general this verb is one of the great mainstays of the subjunctive mood in modern English. See subjunctive mood.
2. Note that when suggest means ‘state as a fact or hypothesis’ rather than ‘propose’ an ordinary tense is used:

• I cannot accept John Peel's suggestion that punk rockers are the only truly socialist representatives we have left —Sounds, 1977.


Modern English usage. 2014.

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  • suggest — sug·gest vt 1: to mention or imply as a possibility 2: to enter on the record as a suggestion Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. suggest …   Law dictionary

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  • Suggest — Sug*gest , v. i. To make suggestions; to tempt. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] And ever weaker grows through acted crime, Or seeming genial, venial fault, Recurring and suggesting still. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • suggest — 1520s, from L. suggestus, pp. of suggerere (see SUGGESTION (Cf. suggestion)). Related: Suggested; suggesting …   Etymology dictionary

  • suggest */*/*/ — UK [səˈdʒest] / US [səɡˈdʒest] verb [transitive] Word forms suggest : present tense I/you/we/they suggest he/she/it suggests present participle suggesting past tense suggested past participle suggested Get it right: suggest: When suggest means to …   English dictionary

  • suggest — sug|gest W1S1 [səˈdʒest US səgˈdʒest] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of suggerere to put under, provide, suggest , from sub ( SUB ) + gerere to carry ] 1.) to tell someone your ideas about what they should do, where… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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