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I don't think that's correct usage.Sentence seems both fine and natural to me. I have a friend called Tom. When I told him about the way my boss yells at me and abuses his power, Tom suggested that I looked for another job.
Sentence seems both grammatically correct and natural to me. I have a friend called Tom. When I told him about the way my boss yells at me and abuses his power, Tom suggested that I looked for another job.
Lothor, I think you are getting confused between "suggest" as a reporting verb and "suggest" in its standard form. In its standard form it needs to be followed by the subjunctive. There's a good site here
What is the Subjunctive Mood? | English Teacher Melanie
It's for similar reasons that you don't follow modal verbs with inflections. "She should goes home" is obviously wrong. "He suggested I looked.." is just as wrong but doesn't look anywhere near as bad.
Similarly, "should" does not change form in reported speech, according to reported speech rules. "You should go on a diet" does not change to "He said I should have gone on a diet." as that would alter the meaning, i.e implying that I should have gone on a diet before we spoke, not advice for the future, as it was.
If you are purely reporting the words someone had said I think you could use the reported speech rules, i.e A "Where shall we go for dinner?" B "I can eat sushi," could become "He suggested that he could eat sushi." but here it is being used as a reporting verb, a substitute for "said", not actually making a suggestion to someone.