| Language for making suggestions | ||
| Question opener | + subject | + infinitive without 'to' |
| Why don't | I you we they | buy...? go...? meet...? |
| Why doesn't | he/she | |
| Shall | I we | |
| Question opener | + infinitive without 'to' | |
| I, you, he, she, we | should could | say... arrange... talk... eat... get... |
| Let's Why not | ||
| NotePerhaps and maybe can both be used before 'could' and 'should' if you want to sound more polite. Examples: Perhaps we could phone them. Maybe we should have a big party. | ||
| Language for making a point | ||
| Expressing opinion | Examples | |
| I think (that)... | I think you should go now. | |
| My view is (that)... | My view is that the project will fail. | |
| In my opinion, ... | In my opinion, the firm can succeed. | |
| Persuading | ||
| I can assure you (that)... | I can assure you that we've done everything we can. | |
| Making a statement | ||
| The fact is (that)... | The fact is, he's a great performer. | |
| The point is (that)... | The point is, we don't know if they're being honest. | |
| Other expressions | ||
| You're missing the point (can sound a bit rude) | You're missing the point - why do you never listen properly to what I'm saying? | |
| Look, ... (can sound quite aggressive) | Look, everyone thinks it's a bad idea. | |
