On 1/2/10, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: > >I would say something like "I suggest that we do so and so" and >according to my boss "I suggest" was interpreted specifically as an >order, not as a suggestion or as an indication of one option among >several possible courses of action. My boss indicated that wording it >something like "Perhaps we could proceed like so or so" would have >been interpreted properly.
Load of balogna. I suggest is fine and I would not have taken that as an order. If you want to be finicky, and very British: 'May I suggest...." -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ---------- http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.