ENGLISH FOR JUNIOR STUDENTS

We offer some objects or assistance. He offered me some cake.
He offered to help me with a difficult problem.
Suggest may mean “to bring to the mind the idea of, to show
in an indirect way, to hint, to imply”. Her face suggested bad
health.
Propose may mean the same as suggest and is used in the
same types of construction. However, propose is less widely
used, being confined mainly to formal style (in the context of
meetings, debates, elections etc.).
Grammatical constructions:
The object after suggest and propose may be expressed by:
1. a noun: I suggested a walk in the wood. I propose an early
start.
2. a gerund: I suggest going there at once. I propose starting
early.
3. an object clause with the verb in the subjunctive mood:
Mary suggested that he should come at 6. (he come at 6). I
propose that we should start early.
Bear in mind that suggest is never followed by an infinitive. If
the person to whom the suggestion is made is mentioned the
preposition “to” is always used before it. Propose can be
followed by the infinitive in the meaning “to intend, have as
one’s aim”: He suggested to the librarian that the books should
be arranged differently on the shelves. He proposed to sell
the house and go abroad.
2. solve v – 1. find the answer to (a problem etc.): solve a
crossword puzzle / an equation
2. find a way out of a difficulty. Help me to solve my financial
trouble.
solvable adj – that can be solved or explained.
solution n – 1. (to, for, of) answer (to a question etc.); way of
dealing with a difficulty. Might economy be the solution to / for
/ of your financial troubles.
2. process of finding an answer or explanation: problems that
defy solution – cannot be solved.
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