Only "propose/suggest" doing actions you yourself will be involved in

Is That What you Mean reads

If someone suggests doing something, it means that the speaker is one of the people who will do it.

Collins Cobuild Usage reads

Is this a general pattern? What other verbs, apart from reporting ones such as advise, or recommend, behave likewise with present participle?

Solution 1:

This seems another 'rule' that is broken so commonly it smacks of baseless prescriptivism.

Confronted with a case involving a clattering air conditioner, Cosimo Caccavari, the city's top acoustician, asked the owner to draw a floor plan of his house. Then Caccavari suggested moving the air conditioner to another location where it would not face any near neighbor. (Time Magazine: 1971/10/11)

The couple, both 46, consulted Denver financial planner Scott Wiley, who suggested switching to index funds. (15 minute retirement plan; Money: Apr 2004)

For help, you may want to consider taking a calcium supplement. Researchers at Columbia University found that women who took 1,200 mg of calcium per day noticed a 48% decrease in PMS symptoms. Tracy W. Gaudet, MD, director of the Duke Center for Integrative Medicine, suggests taking 400 mg doses two or three times a day. (Prevention: Oct2005: Vol. 57)

Your father applied for Veterans Affairs financial assistance, but transferred homes and bank accounts into your name and, more concerning, has $120,000 stashed away in a safety deposit box. You should check with a legal counsel to ensure that you're not helping your father hide assets from the VA, if he is now receiving assistance. # That said, I don't advise giving your sister a house because you feel guilty (or she makes you feel guilty). It won't repair the relationship between you and your sister and it won't change history, or how she feels about your father. (MarketWatch 2017; The Moneyologist: My sister, who never helped our father, wants half ...)

I've been reassessing my position on various fairy tales lately, your Majesty. Sparhawk destroyed Azash with Bhelliom -- just by touching it to him. I don't advise putting your hands on it, my Emperor. You've shown some promise in the past few months, and we'd sort of hate to lose you at this point. (The Shining Ones; David Eddings; New York: Ballantine Books 1993)

Chin also advised building a Web site that has your resume and links to clips, to demonstrate Web-savviness to prospective employers. (San Francisco Chronicle; Dan Fost; 2000)

Recent research hasn't been able to duplicate this interaction, yet it hasn't been proven false either. Experts advise erring on the side of caution. If you're on hormonal birth control and your doctor writes you an Rx for any antibiotic, such as tetracycline, use a backup contraceptive while you take the meds and for seven days afterward. (Cosmopolitan 2011; Dangerous Combinations; Jessica Levine)

The judge kicked the shards of the broken vase at his feet, scattering them and rose petals across the floor. " Bullshit advice for a dying man! If you can't do anything more than offer me some crap platitudes, I'm checking out of here. I'd rather die in my own home than wait to die in a hospital. " # Chandler shrugged. " I don't advise leaving, but if you want to be discharged, the decision is yours, " he said. (Saturday Evening Post: Sep/Oct2002; STOLEN HEARTS; Zipes, Joan, Zipes, Doug)

The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language notes (on p1232-1233) that the following verbs taking a gerund-participial complement (-ing clause) have a non-syntactic interpretation of the missing subject:

advise, encourage, recommend

advocate, deplore, deprecate, discourage, facilitate, fancy, include, involve, justify, mean, necessitate, oppose, save, suggest, support, understand

with the following having subject control:

forget, recollect, remember, report

abhor, anticipate, appreciate, begrudge, can help, celebrate, chance, contemplate, countenance, defer, delay, describe, detest, discuss, dislike, dread, endure, enjoy, envisage, fancy, foresee, imagine, mention, mind, miss, put off, risk, recall, tolerate, relish, resent, regret, welcome

The difference being exemplified by the following.

I wouldn’t recommend buying it. [potential buyer unspecified]

vs

I remember buying it. [buyer = speaker]

The only verb in the list given in the question that does seems to have subject control is 'propose'. I was unable to find any instance of it used with an understood subject that did not include the speaker.