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Disagreeing

• I accept your point/reasoning but ... .

• I appreciate your views/reasoning but ... .

• That’s a good idea but ... .

• I’m afraid I can’t agree.

• I’m sorry, but that idea/suggestion is not quite practical.

• That’s not how I see it.

Making suggestions

• My recommendation/suggestion is that ... .

• I recommend that we (should) ... .

• I think we should/ought to ... .

• I would suggest that we ... .

• It might be a good idea if we ... .

• It might be a good idea to ... .

• We could ... .

• Alternatively, we could ... .

• Another possibility would be to ... .

• We could either ... or ... .

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