Four phrases for you: “I recommend taking”, “I recommend or suggest that you take”, and “You should/You shouldn’t.” You should and you shouldn’t are very direct phrases. They are almost a little bit commanding like you are saying, I know what’s best for the other person.

How do you use consider?

1. to think carefully about, especially in order to make a decision; contemplate; reflect on: He considered the cost before buying the new car.
2. to regard as or deem to be: I consider the story improbable.
3. to think, believe, or suppose: We consider his reply unsatisfactory.

How do you use recommend that in a sentence?

“The teacher generally recommends this book to her students.” Used with prepositions: “We recommend her for the job.” “He recommended this place to anyone who likes Indian food.”

How do you politely recommend something?

Here are some expressions you can use:

1. • You might want to think about…
2. • You might want to consider…
3. • Perhaps you/we could…
4. • Maybe you/we could…
5. • It may be a good idea to…
6. • It might be a good idea to…

How can I recommend something in English?

5 Simple ways to give advice in English

1. Use a modal verb. There are two modal verbs we often use for giving advice: ‘should’ and ‘ought to’.
2. Make it into a question.
3. Put yourself in the person’s position.
4. Make a suggestion.
5. Advise in a stronger way.

How do you politely recommend someone?

How to Make Polite, Indirect Suggestions

1. Turn your suggestion into a question. You might sound like a know-it-all if you make direct suggestions before knowing all the facts.
2. Use tentative language.
3. Use past tenses.
4. Use the word we whenever possible.
5. 5 Polite Expressions for Making Requests and Asking for Favors.

How do you use please consider?

You can see it used as a polite addition to requests in sentences like this: “Will you please turn the radio off?” Rephrased, the original could read: We are asking people, “Please consider making a contribution to our mission” (turning it into direct speech.)

What does I’ll consider mean?

: to think about (something or someone) carefully especially in order to make a choice or decision. : to think about (something that is important in understanding something or in making a decision or judgment)

What to use after recommend?

Unlike many verbs, suggest and recommend are not followed by an object + infinitive. We generally use either a gerund (VerbING) or a clause with that. The pattern would be that + subject + base verb: Jack’s wife recommended drinking tea.

When to use ” recommend ” vs ” recommend to me “?

However, if you change the IO to “him/her/us/them”, it is a different story. It is rather idiomatic to use “recommend” as a “ditransitive” verb when using “me” as an IO (even “him” for a book). However, we had better use the verb “recommend” as a “monotransitive” verb that takes only DO when using other IO’s than “me” (or him for a book).

Which is correct ” please recommend me to a good book ” or ” to me “?

(“Please recommend me to a good bookie” would be another example, imo, where I wouldn’t be requesting the name of a good bookie, but rather that a good word on my behalf be said to one). In fact, I don’t see why “to me” (& certainly not just “me”) need/s to be mentioned at all in the OP’s examples: “ [John, could you] please recommend a book./?”

Which is correct ” consider ” or ” consider doing “?

“consider” is a transitive verb: you always consider something (you can also consider somebody your friend, your enemy, your source of inspiration, etc.). Now, when that “something” is a verb, the verb needs to be in the gerund form (V-ing), so only (1) is correct. (2) should be changed to:

When to use suggest, advise, and gerund?

For verbs of suggestion such as recommend, suggest, and advise, these patterns evolved to reflect the focus of the suggestion. If the speaker is suggesting a place or a thing, these verbs are followed by a noun. For an activity, they can be followed by a gerund.