'Why don't you be a housewife?'

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Hi,

I got this situation from a sitcom: There’s a role-play in which every student pretends to be have a particular job. One girl doesn’t seem to be suitable for any job, so the teacher said: ‘why don’t u be a housewife?’. I wonder if this sentence is correct (I mean ‘don’t’ vs ‘be’).

Thank you very much.

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‘Do’ and ‘be’ work fine together when ‘be’ means ‘act as’.