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32.4 Propositions et conseils

En français aussi bien qu' en anglais, on peut faire des propositions ou donner des conseils sous a forme d' une question ce qui est plus courtois que la forme affirmative. C' est encore plus gentil, si on utilise le subjonctif ou si on utilise la forme négative. Le tableau ci-dessous montre les verbes qui peuvent servir pour faire des propositions ou pour donner des conseils.

verbes	formes	afirmations
must	affirmation	You must come and visit us in our new home. You simply must think of others, too.
shall	question	Shall we get you some help? Shall we have a party for your birthday?
should	question affirmation	Shouldn't you try and solve the problem, before you go on holidays? You should be honest to yourself first and then try to advise others.
can	question affirmation	Can't we go to the movies tonight? You can ask your teacher for some adivise, she might be able to help you.
could	question affirmation	Could we have dinner at our favourite restaurant? You still could apologise to her.
would	question affirmation	Wouldn't it be advisable/wise/better/nicer etc. to do it this way? I would prefer/advise/think it better to change plans.

Comme nous l' avons déjà vu dans les chapitres précédents, il est possible aussi de conseiller ou de proposer quelque chose avec un verbe plein.

formes	Exemples
imperatif	Let's go for dinner, shall we.
question avec 'Why'	Why don't we go for a walk, the weather is so nice.
question avec 'What'	What am I to do about this problem?
propositionconditionnelle 'if I were you'	I would not go and buy a car with no money if I were you.
proposition conditionnelle 'if you ask me'	If you ask me, I would go to the sea and just have a good time.
to advise	He advised me to go to see a doctor.
The best thing is	She said, the best thing was to go and ask.
had better	You had better check the tires before going on a long trip with the car.

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