SUGGEST + -ING = "She suggested taking a break" (sugiero hacer algo). SUGGEST + THAT + sujeto = "She suggested that we should take a break" / "She suggested that we take a break" (subjuntivo americano). SUGGEST NO lleva TO: "She suggested to take a break" = INCORRECTO. SUGGEST NO lleva objeto directo de persona: "She suggested me to go" = INCORRECTO. "She suggested that I should go" = correcto.
SUGGEST + -ING (GERUNDIO): la forma mas comun y simple para hacer sugerencias. El gerundio representa la accion recomendada, sin especificar a quien va dirigida (o es obvio del contexto). "The consultant suggested restructuring the department" = el consultor sugirió reestructurar el departamento. "I suggest reviewing the proposal before the meeting" = sugiero revisar la propuesta antes de la reunion. "Has anyone suggested postponing the launch?" = ¿alguien ha sugerido posponer el lanzamiento? CONTEXTO TIPICO: cuando la sugerencia se aplica al grupo en general o al oyente, o cuando no importa especificar el sujeto de la accion recomendada. OTROS VERBOS CON -ING (mismo patron): recommend, consider, avoid, finish, keep, practise, risk, mind. "I recommend reading the report" (nunca "recommend to read" en este sentido).
During the strategy session, the external facilitator suggested diversifying the revenue streams by exploring adjacent market segments that would reduce the organization's dependence on a single category of clients.
Durante la sesion de estrategia, el facilitador externo sugirió diversificar las fuentes de ingresos explorando segmentos de mercado adyacentes que reduciran la dependencia de la organizacion de una unica categoria de clientes.
The project steering committee has suggested postponing the final review until all stakeholder feedback has been consolidated into a single document, rather than proceeding with the review in the current fragmented state of inputs.
El comite director del proyecto ha sugerido posponer la revision final hasta que todos los comentarios de las partes interesadas se hayan consolidado en un unico documento, en lugar de proceder con la revision en el estado actual fragmentado de aportaciones.
I suggest allocating at least two additional weeks to the user testing phase, as the feedback gathered from the initial pilot indicates that there are several usability issues that should be addressed before the product is released to the wider market.
Sugiero asignar al menos dos semanas adicionales a la fase de pruebas de usuario, ya que los comentarios recabados en el piloto inicial indican que hay varios problemas de usabilidad que deberian abordarse antes de que el producto se lance al mercado en general.
SUGGEST + THAT + CLAUSULA: cuando se necesita especificar QUIEN deberia hacer la accion, se usa una clausula "that" con sujeto explicito. TRES OPCIONES: (1) SUGGEST + THAT + sujeto + SHOULD + bare infinitivo: "She suggested that we should review the budget" (el mas comun e internacional). (2) SUGGEST + THAT + sujeto + pasado subjuntivo (ingles britanico formal): "She suggested that we reviewed the budget" (raro, muy formal). (3) SUGGEST + THAT + sujeto + bare infinitivo (presente subjuntivo — ingles americano formal): "She suggested that we review the budget" (sin SHOULD, sin -s en tercera persona). ESTAS TRES SON EQUIVALENTES EN SIGNIFICADO. La mas usada en el ingles general: SHOULD. La mas usada en el ingles americano formal/escrito: presente subjuntivo (sin SHOULD). SUGGEST NO ACEPTA: "She suggested him to go" = INCORRECTO (SUGGEST no puede llevar objeto de persona + infinitivo como TELL/ASK/WANT). "She suggested to go" = INCORRECTO (no TO antes del infinitivo directamente despues de SUGGEST).
The legal advisors suggested that the company should seek independent arbitration before initiating any formal legal proceedings, on the grounds that arbitration would be significantly less costly and time-consuming than litigation.
Los asesores juridicos sugirieron que la empresa deberia buscar un arbitraje independiente antes de iniciar cualquier procedimiento juridico formal, argumentando que el arbitraje seria significativamente menos costoso y prolongado que el litigio.
The independent auditors suggested that the board review the existing internal control framework and consider engaging a specialist third party to assess whether the current risk management procedures meet current regulatory standards.
Los auditores independientes sugirieron que el consejo revisara el marco de control interno existente y considerara contratar a un tercero especializado para evaluar si los procedimientos actuales de gestion de riesgos cumplen los estandares regulatorios vigentes.
Several members of the working group suggested that a phased implementation approach might be preferable to a full system migration, as it would allow the organization to identify and resolve integration issues progressively rather than encountering them simultaneously.
Varios miembros del grupo de trabajo sugirieron que un enfoque de implementacion por fases podria ser preferible a una migracion completa del sistema, ya que permitiria a la organizacion identificar y resolver los problemas de integracion de forma progresiva en lugar de encontrarlos todos a la vez.
Error frecuente
LOS TRES ERRORES TIPICOS: (1) SUGGEST + TO + infinitivo: "I suggest to review the report" = INCORRECTO. SUGGEST no acepta TO directamente: "I suggest reviewing" (gerundio) o "I suggest that we should review" (clausula). (2) SUGGEST + objeto de persona + TO + infinitivo: "She suggested me to attend the meeting" = INCORRECTO. SUGGEST no funciona como TELL/ASK/WANT + persona + TO. "She suggested that I should attend" = correcto. "She suggested attending the meeting" = correcto (sin mencionar a quien). (3) SUGGEST + THAT + sujeto + should + -S en tercera persona: "She suggested that he should reviews..." = INCORRECTO. Despues de SHOULD = bare infinitive: "should review." (4) RECOMMEND = mismo patron que SUGGEST: "I recommend reading / I recommend that you should read / I recommend reading" — nunca "I recommend you to read."
Truco para recordarlo
SUGGEST + -ING = sugerencia sin sujeto especifico. SUGGEST + THAT + sujeto + SHOULD = sugerencia especificando quien. SUGGEST NUNCA + TO directamente. SUGGEST NUNCA + persona + TO. TEST: ¿necesitas decir QUIEN? = THAT + sujeto + SHOULD. ¿No necesitas decirlo o es obvio? = -ING. "I suggest taking..." (no se dice quien, obvio que somos todos). "I suggest that SHE should take..." (especifico quien).
Regla rápida
SUGGEST + -ING: "I suggest reviewing the report." SUGGEST + THAT + sujeto + should/subjuntivo: "I suggest that we should review / that we review." NUNCA: "suggest to review" / "suggest me to review" / "suggest you to go." Igual para RECOMMEND.
¿Sabías que...?
El verbo SUGGEST pertenece a una categoria de verbos ingleses llamados "reporting verbs" (verbos de reporte o comunicacion), junto con RECOMMEND, PROPOSE, INSIST, DEMAND, REQUEST, y otros. Lo que hace especial a este grupo es que no aceptan la estructura objeto + infinitivo que si acepta el grupo TELL/ASK/WANT/EXPECT ("tell someone to do"). Esta diferencia no es arbitraria: los verbos de reporte introducen contenido proposicional (una idea o recomendacion) y por eso se estructuran con clausulas "that" o gerundios. Los verbos de control (TELL/ASK) influyen directamente sobre la conducta de otra persona y por eso aceptan objeto + infinitivo. Esta distincion entre "verbos proposicionales" (SUGGEST) y "verbos de control" (TELL) es uno de los puntos mas estudiados en la linguistica computacional porque sistemas de procesamiento de lenguaje natural tienen que reconocerla para interpretar correctamente el significado de frases en las que aparecen.
Ejercicio 1 · Elige la correcta
At the end of the debrief, the project director suggested _____ a post-implementation review within thirty days of the system going live, in order to capture lessons learned while the project experience was still fresh.
Ejercicio 2 · Elige la correcta
The independent review panel suggested _____ a formal whistleblowing policy that clearly outlines the reporting channels available to employees and the protections that will be guaranteed to those who come forward with concerns.
Ejercicio 3 · Forma la palabra
SUGGEST + -ING: "I suggest reviewing the report." SUGGEST + THAT + sujeto + should/subjuntivo: "I suggest that we should review / that we review." NUNCA: "suggest to review" / "suggest me to review" / "suggest you to go." Igual para RECOMMEND.
LOS TRES ERRORES TIPICOS: (1) SUGGEST + TO + infinitivo: "I suggest to review the report" = INCORRECTO. SUGGEST no acepta TO directamente: "I suggest reviewing" (gerundio) o "I suggest that we should review" (clausula). (2) SUGGEST + objeto de persona + TO + infinitivo: "She suggested me to attend the meeting" = INCORRECTO. SUGGEST no funciona como TELL/ASK/WANT + persona + TO. "She suggested that I should attend" = correcto. "She suggested attending the meeting" = correcto (sin mencionar a quien). (3) SUGGEST + THAT + sujeto + should + -S en tercera persona: "She suggested that he should reviews..." = INCORRECTO. Despues de SHOULD = bare infinitive: "should review." (4) RECOMMEND = mismo patron que SUGGEST: "I recommend reading / I recommend that you should read / I recommend reading" — nunca "I recommend you to read."
SUGGEST + -ING = sugerencia sin sujeto especifico. SUGGEST + THAT + sujeto + SHOULD = sugerencia especificando quien. SUGGEST NUNCA + TO directamente. SUGGEST NUNCA + persona + TO. TEST: ¿necesitas decir QUIEN? = THAT + sujeto + SHOULD. ¿No necesitas decirlo o es obvio? = -ING. "I suggest taking..." (no se dice quien, obvio que somos todos). "I suggest that SHE should take..." (especifico quien).
Bryan López
Fundador de SpeakUP Academy