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How can thing (not people) suggest something?

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Rebecca

Great question! "Suggest" here is being used to mean "convey an idea indirectly" rather than as advice or recommendation. So the sentence really means that "red lipstick" can indirectly give us ideas about a person who wears it. Ex: This email suggests that he is angry. Ex: Your behaviour suggests that you don't want to be here.

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