Advice forms
Advice forms
A) must, ought to and should can be used for advice
B) you had better + bare infinitive
C) if I were you I should/would
D) I advise/would advise you + infinitive
E) why don't you . . . ? can be either advice or suggestion
A) must, ought to and should can be used for advice:
You must
read this book. It's marvellous.
You should
grow your own vegetables.
You ought to
plant some trees.
In indirect speech must, ought to and should
here can remain unchanged or be reported by advise object:
He advised me to plant trees.
B) you had better + bare infinitive :
You'd better take
off your wet shoes.
You 'd better not wait any longer.
had better can be used with the third person:
He'd better stop
taking those pills.
C) if I were you I should/would:
If I were you I 'd buy a car.
This is often shortened to I
should/would with a slight stress on the I;
I'd buy a car.
In indirect speech If I were you I should/would
. . . is reported by advise + object:
He advised me to buy a car.
D) I advise/would advise you + infinitive:
I (would) advise you to apply
at once or I advise/would advise + gerund:
l('d) advise applying at once.
E) why don't you . . . ? can be either advice or suggestion:
Why don't you learn to play
your guitar?
Why don't you take a holiday?
When this is advice it is
reported by advise + object:
He advised
me to take a holiday.
F) it is time you + past tense:
It’s time you bought a new
coat. This would be reported:
He said it was time I bought a
new coat.
Advice with may/might as well + infinitive
This construction can express
very unemphatic advice:
You may/might as veil ask him =
If would do no harm to ask him.
She said I might as well ask
him.
This form can be used with the
third person:
He may as well come with me and
the speaker may use it of himself:
As there isn't anything more to
do, I may as well go home early.
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