suggest to vs suggest ing

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Suggest to' is used when you want to recommend something to someone, while 'suggesting' is used when you want to indicate that someone is making a suggestion or recommendation.

Last updated: April 03, 2024

suggest to

This phrase is correct and commonly used when you want to recommend something to someone.

Use 'suggest to' when you want to recommend an action, idea, or course of action to someone. It is followed by the person to whom the suggestion is being made.

Examples:

I suggest to him that he take a break.
She suggested to the team that they start the project early.
He suggested to his friend that they go to the movies.
Can you suggest to me a good restaurant in the area?
I suggest to you that we postpone the meeting.

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You can suggest to buy some additional items when a customer decides to checkout.
I would suggest to take two courses at a together.
For information on the work of Elisa, we suggest to contact her directly.
We suggest to stop in a restaurant to eat the daily fish.
Dream books suggest to think carefully before starting work.
From the railway station we suggest to take a taxi.
We suggest to be present at least 30 minutes before the beginning of the performance.
For more details we suggest to read the article on VHF Communications magazine number Q1-2002.
Some people suggest to raise the temperature to 28 degrees.
Therefore we suggest to use matt coated art paper.
We suggest to review the document periodically.
We suggest to ask the rate before the transport.
We suggest to you excellent Prague city centre apartments with impeccable service.
Remember the guidelines for a healthy diet suggest to choose whole grains whenever possible.
Therefore we suggest to contact the Italian embassy or consulate for more details.
For more informations we suggest to contact the customs authorities of your country.
We suggest to contact the managers to get more information.
We suggest to go to travel across our Kobrin district.
Several people suggest to prepare pizza dough with double the flour in my recipes.
Some suggest to use the string-and-pen method, but Ifound this to give little precision.

Alternatives:

recommend to
advise to
propose to
put forward to
offer to

suggest ing

This phrase is correct and commonly used when you want to indicate that someone is making a suggestion or recommendation.

Use 'suggesting' when you want to indicate that someone is putting forward an idea or recommendation. It is often followed by the person who is making the suggestion.

Examples:

She is suggesting that we change the venue for the party.
He keeps suggesting new ways to improve the process.
Are you suggesting that we cancel the trip?
The report is suggesting a different approach to the problem.
I'm suggesting we take a different route to avoid traffic.

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ING has the possibility to transfer the amount of capital injection at any time between ING Bank, ING Insurance and the holding level.
A monitoring trustee monitors the implementation by ING of, amongst others, the WUB commitment and of commitments for ING and ING Direct Europe to respect price leadership bans.
In its segmental reporting, ING subdivides ING Bank along business lines into Retail Banking, Commercial Banking and ING Direct.
ING Bank will cap its new mortgage production.
ING commits to eliminate double leverage.
The Netherlandsand ING failed to implement that initial commitment.
The early redemption penalty increases with the ING share price.
Reduce your passive -ing constructions.
Anna Fontanella, Ing. Franco Malgrande, Ing. Giuliano Parmegiani Project management Ing. Stefano Tugnoli Renovation plan Ing. Giuliano Parmegiani, Giacomuzzi Moore Associati Restoration consultant Arch.
ING RE is a subsidiary of ING, a financial services (banking and insurance) conglomerate.
ING points out that there is no evidence that ING Direct Italia breached the price leadership ban.
It is ING's ambition to repay the Netherlandsas quickly as possible, and ING will accelerate payments if it is prudent under prevailing financial circumstances.
Furthermore, ING will not target clients of the carved out entity regarding products transferred to WUH/Interadvies even if ING still has existing client relationships.
Moreover, ING and the Dutch authorities committed to a price leadership ban independent of market share in respect of ING Direct Europe.
On Monday, ING bank, a subsidiary of international group ING, ceased all its Tax Shelter activities.
Maintain ing openness and re-launch ing trade
ING is composed of ING Groep N.V. ('ING Group'), the mother holding company that controls 100 % of ING Bank N.V. and ING Verzekeringen N.V., and two sub-holding companies controlling banking and insurance subsidiaries respectively.
Until the IPO of ING Insurance Europe, both ING Insurance Europe and WUB will remain operationally separated from the remainder of ING to ensure their independence.
In any event, none of the aid which ING received was related to ING Direct Europe (including ING Direct Italia).
From 1999 to 2004 it was bought by the Dutch ING Group and renamed from 2002 ING BHF-Bank.

Alternatives:

proposing
recommending
putting forward
advocating
offering

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