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Common
Mistakes
Letter of complaint

2. Suggest
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• When we suggest/recommend an action to
someone, we can use a that-clause:
I suggest (that) you leave here around four
o’clock.
I recommend (that) you take those pills.
*If you remove “that”, the sentence becomes
more informal.
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3. Suggest
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• We can use suggest/recommend with the -ing
form of a verb when we mention an action but
do not mention the person who will do it,
because it is understood in the context:
She suggested travelling together for safety.
They recommend applying for a post two
months before.
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4. Suggest
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• We can use suggest/recommend with a
question word such as where, what, who, how:
Could you suggest where I might be able to buy
a nice sweater for Mark?
Do you recommend us where we can eat
today?
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5. Suggest/r
ecommend
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• We don’t use suggest/recommend+ to-
infinitive:
Not: Dora suggested to wait …
Not: The doctor recommended not to drink
alcohol.
How would we say this if we mention who?
And if we don’t?
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6. Provide
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• [WITH OBJECT] Make available for use; supply:
These clubs provide a much appreciated service for
this area.
• (provide someone with) Equip or supply someone
with (something useful or necessary):
We were provided with a map of the area.
• [NO OBJECT] (provide for) Make adequate
preparation for (a possible event):
New qualifications must provide for changes in
technology.
More examples and uses here:
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/es/definicion/ingles/provide
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7. use of
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See the following link: https://goo.gl/CUZUI2
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8. Preposition
+ ing
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• without giving
After prepositions, verbs
always take “ing”, ALWAYS.
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9. Complete/co
mpletely
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• It was a complete disaster
(adjective)
• I finished the task completely
(adverb)
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10. Dear expert
cooks:
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• Always use a comma:
Dear expert cooks,
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11. I am
writing…
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• We always use this structure
in all kinds of letters, we
don’t use the present simple.
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