suggest something to do vs suggest things to do

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'Suggest something to do' is more specific and implies a single recommendation, while 'suggest things to do' is more general and implies multiple recommendations.

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suggest something to do

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when you want someone to recommend a single activity or option.

Examples:

Can you suggest something to do this weekend?
I'm bored, can you suggest something to do?
She suggested something to do in the evening.

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I suggest you do something to discourage her.
It is outrageous that you even suggest this man has something to do with the murder.
When you walked into those rooms, they smelled really bad, and our data suggests that it had something to do with leaving behind the airborne bacterial soup from people the day before.
I would suggest something to the effect of:
Let me suggest something to you, and correct me if I'm wrong.
But the fact that Charlie hasn't suggests something deeper.
Suggests something slower than a bullet.
But Jean-Dominque, I want to suggest something to you
An area of compaction in the mummified tissue suggests something was stored in here.
-No... but I want to suggest something.
Whenever I suggest something, you're busy.
Only in Hitchcock do gardens suggest something evil.
I tried to suggest something was wrong.
I was hoping you'd suggest something, sir.
I suggest something... far more dreadful.
Perhaps you can suggest something else that I can imitate better.
So just be thoughtful before you suggest something too outlandish.
Perhaps you could suggest something we can do tomorrow.
Maybe you suggest something Instead of shooting down everything I say.
They suggest something exists beyond, a chamber, perhaps.

Alternatives:

recommend something to do
propose something to do
advise something to do

suggest things to do

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when you want someone to recommend multiple activities or options.

Examples:

Can you suggest things to do in the city?
She suggested things to do during the holidays.
He always suggests things to do on weekends.

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I'm sorry. I thought part of my job would be to suggest things.
I suggest things, and you start bantering, which is your way of not really listening to me.
I do not think it right to suggest things that are untrue or to allow them to be said.
She gets me to visualise a situation then she suggests things and sometimes things come back to me and I can compare them with the things I already know.
If he suggests things we don't like, we won't do them.
It's a sadistic thing to suggest.
So I would suggest one thing... stay away from my niece.
The fact that he or she could say or do certain things to suggest...
I should mention briefly here that physiology textbooks that you can read about will tell you that this is a kind of heretical thing to suggest.
Have you found one thing to suggest that Jay is a speedster?
News, for example, of the detention of opposition politicians and reporters does not suggest that things are going the right way.
Comedy transposition, the idea of one thing suggests another...
Nobody but a fantasist would suggest such a thing.
I would suggest the thing closest to Sir Arthur's heart is neither yourself, nor Lady Sarah, his wife.
As far as your insomnia and your dreams, I can suggest one thing do more walking.
There are also things that Mary wrote, which strongly suggest the same thing.
A lot of the things I suggest are preventative.
But, Isaburo... as for the marriage and other matters, I suggest you keep things quiet.
How dare you suggest such a thing!
But, Isaburo... as for the marriage and other matters, I suggest you keep things quiet.

Alternatives:

recommend activities
propose options
advise on things to do

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suggest something to do vs suggest things to do